I take it back; You are right that it is not pure capitalism - in pure capitalism, there would not be FDA regulation which definitely plays a huge part here. But I think the end result is indistinguishable.<p>I&#x27;ll grant you that it is not YET the result of pure capitalism, assuming that there is, indeed, foreign production. But what stops the buyer from consolidating foreign producers as well? It&#x27;s good for every producer involved - together, they can raise the prices even more.<p>Totally free markets are unstable.