This level of central planning is indeed quite rare (though much more common in agriculture, as it's been around for longer than most smart folks realized gover

This level of central planning is indeed quite rare (though much more common in agriculture, as it's been around for longer than most smart folks realized government-mandated cartels are a bad idea). Fortunately, the more tyrannical aspects of this scheme were recently struck down by the Supreme Court. That's why it's an interesting story.