Brooke Masters’ report on the US baby formula shortage, with the US government controlling fully two-thirds of the market (Opinion, May 19), calls to mind Milton Friedman’s warning that if you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara desert, in five years there would be a shortage of sand.
Michael J Bond
Mercer Island, WA, US
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