Cartels/price fixing
https://www.justice.gov/atr/speech/caught-act-inside-international-cartel
The Illuminati might not be real, but global conspiracies involving high ranking people certainly are.
A long article, but here's some eye openers:
In the next two tape segments you will see international cartel activity at its core -- price fixing and market allocation on a global basis. In the first segment the lysine cartel members agree upon the prices to be set for the United States and Canada.Tape Segment Four: March 10, 1994 Cartel Meeting In Maui, Hawaii -- Cartel Members Fix Prices On A Global Basis (Transcript at Tab 4)
The lysine cartel used the U.S. price as the primary benchmark for the world price, and then specific prices were fixed on a country-by-country basis at the meetings. As you just saw, the cartel became very efficient in fixing prices, and it did not take them long to agree on price increases. Remember that these cartel members were not discussing general price levels or a range of prices; rather the lysine cartel fixed the price to a specific penny per pound in the United States or, in the case of the Canadian market, to the penny per kilogram. These executives sitting in a room in Hawaii decided that the truckload price in the United States and Canada would be $1.16. All prices to be effective the very next day. Later in the meeting, they did the same thing for other countries.
Capitalism depends on competition to work, but you may as well consider this one mega-corporation, monopolizing the market.