Price gouging is a topic that has prompted much debate and controversy among many people in society. It is a tactic that has generated much discussion from both a moral and legal prospective. Critics of price gouging criticize the practice as unjust because it involves merchants exploiting people who have just survived terrible ordeals such as a hurricane by skyrocketing prices of goods, like water, to make a profit for themselves. Some states even have laws that prohibit price gouging in an effort