Except it is not. One is about price controls, which distort supply and demand.
The other is about societal harmony.
For example, price controls on medicine results in society incentivizing more efforts to be put forth toward slinging advertisements, which is obviously not a good thing.
Then you say, well put price controls on advertisements, in which case..why chase the tail when it would be far less corruptive and complex to subject everyone to the same rules via tax and welfare policy.
The other is about societal harmony.
For example, price controls on medicine results in society incentivizing more efforts to be put forth toward slinging advertisements, which is obviously not a good thing.
Then you say, well put price controls on advertisements, in which case..why chase the tail when it would be far less corruptive and complex to subject everyone to the same rules via tax and welfare policy.