If you want to start arguments you can call that opportunistic rent seeking, something to consider in face of 2021 having record corporate profits. That idea is

If you want to start arguments you can call that opportunistic rent seeking, something to consider in face of 2021 having record corporate profits. That idea is plausible enough that even some more conservative outlets gave it coverage: https://fortune.com/2022/03/31/us-companies-record-profits-2021-price-hikes-inflation/ https://fortune.com/2022/03/31/us-companies-record-profits-2...