Maintaining a balancing act to address profiteering


GOVERNMENTS make tough decisions all the time. A nation is a patchwork of values and interests, and some of these clash. In the end, government policies and actions have to be based on the big picture and must serve the greater good.

That sounds clichéd, but it is no less true. And we will see it in action with the review of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 in response to complaints from businessmen.

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