It would also have the benefit of making supply chains more robust. Baby formula prices shot up during the pandemic because one factory had a contamination pro

It would also have the benefit of making supply chains more robust. Baby formula prices shot up during the pandemic because one factory had a contamination problem. My sister-in-law was asking friends on Facebook to look in their local stores for a specific type of formula her baby needed, because her store has empty shelves of it for a month. The free market wasn't solving that problem. A new baby formula factory can't just be built to cover a gap that'd probably disappear in a year. But that leaves people in a shitty position for a year.