"My ECON 101 taught me about supply and demand - the strongest equation that can solve 1001 problems in the world
That is what is happening. What you seem to want is a shift to the right of the supply curve as illustrated in the graph shown bellow where the curve shifted from S to S1, bringing the equilibrium price down and the quantity up.
I am sure that that would be achievable if the fear of communism among our ruling classes could be resuscitated.