[radicalace]

what? you said perfect markets reduce margins and cause people to make less of something… so the concept of a market is invalid in your opinion? this is completely incorrect. supply doesnt wink out of existence in the presence of demand just because margins got thinner and thinner. sometimes supply will disappear for various reasons, or maybe margins were super thin and some huge player made an irresponsible bet, but the market restores supply immediately in these cases just like all other cases. what you are saying is complete nonsense.

[nradov]

What you are saying is complete nonsense in the case of prescription drugs. It is impossible to restore supply immediately. The reality is that even for generic drugs it usually takes years to get high volume production running with full regulatory approval.

[radicalace]

wrong. when i said immediately i considered including the phrase “as quickly as logistics etc allows” but i thought it was way too obvious. do you think i meant it would happen instantaneously in front of our eyes like a f*ing magic trick?

[nradov]

It's pretty clear that you don't understand the first thing about how this industry actually works.