tom swift among the diamond makers

 In the olden days, the king or other person in power told people what to make. If he wanted horseshoes they made horseshoes. If they wanted beets the farmers grew beets capitalism changed all of that is made it so that the people chose what they wanted making the people that make things be influenced by what the consumers buy. The rich people took advantage of what people wanted to be made the products cheaply and sold them at a higher price making what we call a profit but when the government interferes you don't get capitalism you get something else.