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She twisted ’round to watch the sled continue down the narrow road they had just traveled, gouging a fresh set of tracks in the mud.

One senior executive in the credit-reporting industry told Lansing that his company’s price hikes practices amount to price gouging.

The commerce ministry also has warned businesses against price gouging and set up a hotline for complaints.

"These are consolidated markets gouging ranchers and gouging consumers at the store," said Austin Frerick, an agricultural and antitrust policy expert and a fellow at Yale University.

At the state level, progressives like Wisconsin governor Robert La Follette battled the railroad monopolies that gouged farmers desperate to get their crops to market.