That's why a tomato in Alaska costs many times what it does in Georgia at the same time of the year in both places. Just look at what is happening with daily newspapers. The number is dropping like a rock and more and more are owned by large companies based in another city. Or look at the book publishing business . . . We better guard what we have on the internet with vigor.
Nobody makes central decisions about price in the market.
What we have is monopoly capitalism, the current scourge of the world now destroying everything in its range. High sound levels are distracting, but that is the whole point. When children yell, it is to distract me from what I am doing to what they want me to pay attention to. I am my own best filter. Thanks for listening.