The “Crisis” Isn’t the Problem—It’s the Message Markets don’t panic. Politicians do. What’s happening with fertilizer, energy, and food prices right now isn’t random, and it’s not mysterious. Supply got tighter. Demand didn’t. Prices moved. That’s it. That’s how the system talks. But the moment prices start making people uncomfortable, the language changes. Suddenly it’s a “crisis.” And once that label gets slapped on, it opens the door for intervention. That’s usually where things start going sideways. Price Signals: The One Thing Nobody in Power Wants to Hear Milton Friedman had this figured out decades ago—prices aren’t the problem, they’re the feedback loop. When fertilizer prices spike, three things happen whether anyone likes it or not: People start using less…
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