There is no such thing as "excessive profits". On the free market, the greater the profits a company earns, the more efficient it is at serving its customers.
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It's a dangerous mistake to criticize an entrepreneur for making more profits than others. If anyone should be criticized, it should be those entrepreneurs who make losses because they fail to efficiently allocate resources in a way that maximally satisfies consumer wants.
Although, that is also not right because these entrepreneurs play a critical role in the market process. Their losses prompt the reallocation of resources, either by the same entrepreneur who learns from the failure or by others who step in to better satisfy consumer demands.
Thus, even unsuccessful entrepreneurial ventures contribute to the market's discovery process, helping to reveal what consumers do not value.