Prices

As the Drug War attacked heroin production in one place, it encouraged increases in heroin production in other places, pushing down global prices.

Driving up costs for cocaine dealers has not led to a similar rise in street price. This is because prices are not based on the cost of production.

The entrepreneur's job is to shape his whole enterprise around consumer wants. Unfortunately, governments often get in the way.

Profit is a product of the mind, of success in anticipating the future state of the market. It is a spiritual and intellectual phenomenon.