Credit-Card Price Controls Are Counter Productive

Julian Morris March 11, 2025

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U.S. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have introduced legislation that would cap credit-card interest rates at 10%, with the claim that it would help poorer Americans. Unfortunately, both economic theory and centuries of evidence demonstrate that the effect would be quite the opposite.

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