Except there isn&#x27;t one producer, there&#x27;s many competing ones, so you have overproduction because everyone hopes to get more market share than they actually have. Over that, there&#x27;s overproduction in many areas (especially food) for a very silly reason - that people will buy more when there&#x27;s more stuff around it (aka. no one wants to buy the last few carrots). It doesn&#x27;t get consumed, and poor people don&#x27;t benefit from it. It gets thrown away.<p>About throwing away new things - heard of planned obsolescence? That&#x27;s what companies now do to cope with falling demand. Yes, your car maker does it too.