Should the Sale of Kidneys Be Legalized?

1. Watch the video:Reason TV's "Kidneys For Sale?" (opens new window)(plain text link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHwDeCBlqqY)
2. The hospitals, doctors, insurance companies and others profit from kidney transplants. But, donors are prohibited from doing so.Should it be legal for a person to "profit" from the sale of one of their kidneys? Why or why not?
3. Between three and four thousand people die every year because a transplant donor is unavailable. What would happen to the supply of kidney transplant donors if the sale of kidneys was legalized?

Are Prohibitions Against Price Gouging Good or Bad?

Review the following links:

• Price gouging during Hurricane Harvey: Up to $99 for a case of water, Texas AG says (opens new link) (plain text link:https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/28/price-gouging-during-hurricane-harvey-up-to-99-for-a-case-of-water-texas-ag-says.html)
• Is Price Gouging Immoral? Should It Be Illegal?(opens new link) (plain text link:https://www.learnliberty.org/videos/price-gouging-immoral-should-it-be-illegal/)
• Price gouging is morally wrong and hurts business: Puzder(opens new window) (plain text link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6I7wXqkPyc)
• Stossel 2007- Price gouging (opens new window) (plain text link: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=RDQWGeiaz)

What happens to the prices of items like generators, fuel, plywood and ice during natural disasters? Explain. (Note: Supply and demand analysis is helpful here.)

Should government impose price controls? If the controls keep the prices from rising, how will this affect the flow of these items into the disaster area?