[ThinkDifferent]

So you're telling me that the oil companies are raising prices purely for our own good? That they are just trying to be sure we all have enough?

Of course not. They're doing it because it's in their best interests. But the *effect* is exactly that it allocates the limited supply to the most valuable uses. Textbook Adam Smith.

[brownsfan]

"Textbook Adam Smith."

Adam Smith was a man. Man = falible