Description
Allocating scarce resources and consumers goods by a government policy of planned restriction.
Implementation
1. Rationing is usually practised in times of war, famine or some other national emergency.<2. Rationing is used in developing countries to restrict the use of commodities which use foreign exchange and to distribute certain kinds of food aid.
Claim
1. Rationing, whether voluntary or by some imposed restrictions on distribution, allows governments to plan the distribution of scarce commodities, with the intent of preventing civil unrest and curtailing the growth of black marketeering.<2. It gives all citizens access to goods which are in short supply, on a somewhat equitable basis.
Counter-claim
1. Rationing assumes that government controls can most effectively ensure commodity distribution, when the market itself determines the pragmatic worth and availability of scarce commodities.<2. Rationing encourages black market activity and hoarding, creating more problems of distribution than it solves.
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Content quality
Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
S1107
DOCID
12911070
D7NID
204544
Editing link
Official link
Last update
Dec 3, 2024