Ubiquitin
1. My father z”l bought the calculator in NYC. My point is that free enterprise is the most efficient way to keep prices down. The lot of the poor has increased tremendously under it. In fact, the poor today live much better than medieval kings. Price controls, on the other hand, cause shortages and black markets. Yes, the Halacha recognizes reality. The Gemara has many examples where takkanot were not instituted or repealed because of negative consequences.
2. Pills cost much more in the US because of crony capitalism. This is not free enterprise. If the price police the SA mentions would be engage in anti-coercive monopoly activities which promote competition they would serve the purpose of the halacha (see the Wikipedia article on antitrust laws in the US in the section on Theory).
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