A law of August 10,1917, gave the President power to fix the prices of wheat and coal and to take almost any steps necessary to prevent monopoly and excessive prices.

1917 年 8 月 10 日颁布的一项法律赋予总统确定小麦和煤炭价格并采取几乎任何必要措施防止垄断和价格过高的权力。

A proposal by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology advises them to buy " affordability options" from generators, a form of insurance that would return profits from excessive prices to consumers, in effect creating an automatic windfall tax.

麻省理工学院研究人员的一项提案建议他们从发电商那里购买“可负担性期权”，这是一种将过高价格的利润返还给消费者的保险形式，这实际上创造了一种自动的暴利税。