Like a lot of things, the problem comes down to the incentive to always maximize profit. Imagine a business selling 2 products. A is cheap low quality. B is more expensive & better produced. The *only thing* that matters to the business is profit. Everything else is on the buyer.
Nathan TankusI think this is fundamentally wrong but in an interesting way I will need to write about sometime. The key is a) consumers do not choose what is produced, or how, they choose between what is produced. This is a crucial difference