In the 10/7/2011 Forbes, Bill Frezza discusses "How To Create Shortages In An Abundant World", with special attention to the worsening shortages of various critical drugs.
Hint: It has to do with government interference in the free market.
Update: As some readers have correctly pointed out, the FDA isn't the only source of the shortages, but it is a significant contributing factor.
The blog of Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine (FIRM)
