[kyboren]

The rise in price is the result of the market thinking there will be future rise in organic demand. The price rises because the value rises. There's nothing artificial about it.

That tug-on-your-heartstrings argument works the other way around, too: If I have a hungry baby now, but despite whatever wealth I have I can't find any in stores because price controls have resulted in a chronic shortage, what good does it do me that some people can buy baby formula at an artificially reduced price?