The problem is that industry executives got together to fix prices and raise them by 20 - 30%. I'm all for innovative people but struggle with the logic of "We'

The problem is that industry executives got together to fix prices and raise them by 20 - 30%. I'm all for innovative people but struggle with the logic of "We're ok with crony capitalism because it drives innovation!" Surely free, transparent markets are better for innovation than manipulated ones?