in the wise words of gary groth, comic book maven.. i finally, finally stupidly figured it out..

demand does not produce supply.. all the microeconomics textbooks are wrong, wrong, wrong.. supply produces demand.. or rather, supply dictates demand.. supply is the dictator of demand.. distribution is the dictator of demand.. with no offence intended by gary groth of all people to the witwee mites involved in distribution.. for god's sake no..