Price ceiling
Ration
to limit the purchase of consumer goods i believe
Absolutely ! Without rationing - those people who were financially better off would have been able to 'stockpile' thousands of pounds of groceries - leading to severe shortages for the rest of the population. Rationing the amount a person could buy of certain foods, made sure everyone got their fair share in times of hardship.
Germany started a U-boat blockade of Britain and declared 'unrestricted submarine warfare' in 1915. This led to shortages of food and rationing had to be introduced.
Price ceiling
Price ceiling
Food rationing kept prices down. In fact, one of the main purposes of rationing by coupons was to prevent, or at least drastically limit, rationing by price. (Without rationing by coupons, shortages would have driven food prices sky high, and no government wants riots during a difficult war).
Rationing
Ration
rationing
Ration
Rationing is an attempt to limit shortages of a particular resource or goods by distributing it in a controlled way among the people who need it. Rationing is often implemented in times of war or other emergency situations, when resources are scarce and there is not enough to meet the demand of everyone who needs them. It can also be implemented in times of economic crisis, when prices for certain goods or resources rise dramatically, making them unaffordable for some people. Rationing can be used to ensure that everyone has access to a minimum amount of a particular resource, and to prevent hoarding or black market activity.
With rationing and mixing bread dough with saw dust to make it go further.
War rationing
Purchases of consumer goods
to limit the purchase of consumer goods i believe