I don’t necessarily agree with the article or the solutions proposed (and definitely not the subhead that free markets are a disaster) but your comment actually

I don’t necessarily agree with the article or the solutions proposed (and definitely not the subhead that free markets are a disaster) but your comment actually nearly illustrates why we need to address basic needs (health, food, shelter) differently from other stuff. Because while you are right about music, any food is almost always better than no food, unlike the music scenario.