LOL @ Monkey Business
Entire industries are based upon artificial scarcity and controlled distribution. In fact, I would posit that the majority of most of the economy could crash if it were truly a free market without anyone being permitted to control who can buy, sell, or trade anything.
Market speculation is nothing more than a virtual version of mercantilism, based upon back in the day when traders and merchants needed to raise capital in order to build or use ships to transport goods that were in demand. Now it’s just sim-bank.