Ultimately I've firmly believed that the problem is investors and public companies. Investors tend to warp the economy solely to suit their needs as the rent-seeking class, which results in negative effects on how a company is ran because the needs of the shareholder are often against the needs of the customer and the worker.

Both privately owned companies and worker owned companies tend to have far less issues in this regard and helps stymie the cycle of capitalism. Grocery stores are an example of where our choice is increasingly non-existent because all grocers operate under the same company.