Rent-seeking is so out of control that the US literally doesn't allow ethanol producers to make sanitizer during a fuel glut/sanitizer shortage:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-cant-find-rubbing-alcohol-11588629519
Paywalled...
(?) This is LessWrong... I thought everyone was either rich enough to sub to the big papers, or clever enough to get around the paywalls? If I had known that this club was going to accept me as a member, I shouldn't have joined!
Rent-seeking is so out of control that the US literally doesn't allow ethanol producers to make sanitizer during a fuel glut/sanitizer shortage:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-cant-find-rubbing-alcohol-11588629519