[FoxInSocks]

If someone believed he could sell a blanket for $300, he and many others would bring in truckloads of blankets, and the increased supply would drive prices back down in short order. Instead, with “anti-gouging” laws, no one is incentivized to bring in blankets and there will be no more blankets available.

[count-your-change]

They might bring in more blankets IF they were able to and if someone was able to then no one would be asking $300 since there would be way to get it.

I would ask if someone feels they can ask $10 for a box of matches with a reasonable possibility of receiving it there is not truck loads of matches on the way to sell at this price.

“Instead, with “anti-gouging” laws, no one is incentivized to bring in blankets and there will be no more blankets available.”

Somehow blankets were available pre-disaster in quantity.

A $10 box of matches is only available to the person with $10.