SCOTUS PUTS THE FIX IN ON PRICES (JARED BERNSTEIN). Yesterday, the free-marketeers on the Supreme Court signed off on a plan to fix prices. It’s a strange thing when those who usually argue for an unfettered invisible hand reach for the handcuffs, so let’s spend a few minutes unpacking this one.

Sam Rosenfeld, a former web editor for the Prospect, is visiting assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University, beginning in September.