DEPENDS ON THE ITEMS THEY R 'GOUGING' "Why Price-Gouging Helps People Recover Faster From Natural Disasters"

if they are gouging prices on items that are essential for life such as water and food, especially drinking water ,that's unconscionable and wrong and should be illegal but the higher-end items such as chainsaws & stuff like that ...maybe that's true

http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/13/price-gouging-helps-people-recover-faster-natural-disasters/