Businesses already charge as much as the market will bear. If they could charge more money and provide nothing extra in return, they would. They don't need an e

Businesses already charge as much as the market will bear. If they could charge more money and provide nothing extra in return, they would. They don't need an excuse. That's how the free market works. It follows that competition is creating negative price pressure. There is no other explanation for why they don't charge more money already.