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How is this more nuanced than the OP's article? The OP article actually _adds_ nuance by expanding on the Atlantic's claim that "America’s regulatory and trade
by AndrewUnmuted 4y ago
How is this more nuanced than the OP's article? The OP article actually _adds_ nuance by expanding on the Atlantic's claim that "America’s regulatory and trade policy" is largely to blame. The Atlantic claims that this "might be the most important part of the story."
- pstuart 4y agoNo mention of the effective monopoly in place -- that a single factory getting shut down would have such an impact. Obviously government policy has failed as well.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoMatt Stoller covered that in his BIG newsletter about antitrust and monopolies in America. https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/big-bottle-the-baby-formula-nightmare https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/big-bottle-the-baby-formu...
- dv_dt 4y agoWell I take issue on the very first line of the Reason article "Trade restrictions and over-zealous FDA regulation are a big part of the problem, but there's more." The plant is closed with bacterial infection problems linked to the deaths of two infants. That seems the opposite of over-zealous FDA regulation. There are definitely other regulatory issues, but I would characterize them as regulatory capture - too little regulation going against corporate interests. Temporary easing of trade restrictions does seem like a good thing, but not really permanent easing as I suspect Reason would prefer. Permanent easing leads us to even bigger supply insecurity risks imho.