In addition to what TeMPOral said, we could ask for more balance in access to information. For example, why couldn't everything that the producer knows about th

In addition to what TeMPOral said, we could ask for more balance in access to information. For example, why couldn't everything that the producer knows about the product (results of internal testing, how it was produced, what were the costs involved) be available to the customer? It seems only a fair deal to me. And it could be done in manner of not "forcing" anyone to do that - for example, only companies that do that would be eligible for government subsidies or contracts. (Ironically, the optimal price by free markets is only proven when access to information is perfect and actors are rational. But then you don't really need the price to make the decision, do you? You can already calculate everything in your head.) But in general, there is problem with complexity of things getting out of hand. It's impossible to ask the customers to rationally evaluate everything, experts need to do that anyway. And I think, similar to what Chomsky said in "Responsibility of Intellectuals", I believe there should be a moral code for engineers to provide good solutions. Today, technical experts to often wash off their hands by thinking that the customer knows the best (usually in indirect way - by not pushing enough against businessmen, by believing too much in individualism).