For example powdered milk could replace fresh milk- it has a much longer shelf life- doesn't require refrigeration- but often users don't like the taste depending on the use case. Of course diary suppliers will see a reduced market at least in the short term. Sometimes a partial change in behavior can be enough to stabilize the inflationary pressures. These sort of coordinating activities between different stakeholders seem to be low hanging projects for governments. Durable goods can be used to insulate buyers from short price spikes.

If diary farms had more direct access to the consumer and could produce their own powdered milk in spray drums then it could reduce the price of milk.

In this space reducing red tape seems to be a way to increase competition in our current contract induced supermarket oligopoly. At least the supermarkets are Australian- at least they seem to be- though sometimes I doubt it.

Of course one factor that tramples over everything is the rise of international markets where commodities are sold at world prices- given the current enforced free trade arrangements it sadly leaves local populations unable to purchase local produce- especially when foreign entities control the local production facilities and don't have a vested interest in the local people

Perhaps the concept of open world markets needs to be reviewed- but this is supported on global communist and business sides against the interest of the communities.

Marxist Communism advocates centralized control of the means of production in the body of a dictator- but I believe a more effective way of stopping people becoming a slave to the producers- is by allowing everyone to be a producer- democratizing production- equality of opportunity- by reducing red tape to such a level that anyone can in theory do it- especially for essential goods. Of course we should still allow people to benefit from innovation.

But perhaps Communism was never about reducing slavery.

As a society it's important that we teach children the dangers of Bernays Consumerism the Media Industrial Complex as well as the mistrust of Freudian's for the common people.

If diary farms had more direct access to the consumer
Canem Malum,
I think Farmers should leave diaries to the printers ! (Sorry CM couldn't resist) ;-)

Thanks Indyvidual for the pickup on the diary/ dairy. I believe you can write your diary invisibly if you use dairy. Kudos

Imagine you have a lung cancer sufferer, the disease caused by decades of smoking. The sufferer is now being administered chemotherapy to combat the effects of the self-inflicted illness. But our sufferer is complaining that the therapy is painful and sickening in and of itself and doesn't like it at all.

So what does our sufferer do? He demands that the doctor be replaced, presumably by someone who won't administer the life-saving drugs that the sufferer dislikes.

Our current economic woes are self-inflicted. The lockdowns and the consequent massive government deficit spending are the root cause of this inflation/currency devaluation/low GDP economic trifecta.

The vast majority of Australians were and probably still are completely onboard with the lockdown mania. They thought that the government merrily handing out vast sums so that people could isolate and not work, would be consequence free. The people who were trying to warn of the problems down the track were censored, ridiculed and sidelined.

So now the cost of the lockdown mania are falling due and the sufferers aren't happy. Fo they absorb their own errors? Do they ask why their leadership led them down the garden path? Do they suck it up and resolve to not be misled in the future?

None of it. Instead they seek out scape-goats and pretend that the cure for the ills caused by their own cheering for lockdowns is unwarranted. They don't know what the cure is but they want it to be pain free.

So they call for the doctor to be sacked. To be replaced by what? They don't know and have no answers as to what other cures are available.

Lowe made lots of mistakes when he got the timing of the interest rate increases wrong. But he's right that they are necessary to solve the problems caused by those who supported the lockdown mania. But being right doesn't matter.

The only question is whether our cancer patient will die because he didn't like the cure.

Thanks mhaze. Kudos.