Tristan Snell | Source | Attorney & Former Assistant Attorney General at Tribeca Law

Online platforms don’t have the incentive to self-police themselves because they get a cut of each transaction, including every pack of toilet paper sold for $60. There’s no doubt that online commerce has exacerbated this problem. The idea of cornering a market was something that used to be reserved for millionaire financiers. It’s a very old timey kind of thing. But we literally are at a point where people can corner the market in hand sanitizer.