Government Intervention in Gas Prices: Good or Bad?

Executive Summary
As is now common knowledge, gasoline costs in recent months have surged beyond anyone's expectations. With this sudden and unfortunate turn of events, many have called for the reintroduction of government controls in the petroleum industry (be it in the forms of taxation, regulations or price controls). There stand a few valid arguments to each side; those in favour stating that fuel prices will drop, demand will increase and the economy will be stabilized; everybody wins. …