The weird world of loo roll economics - Andreas Weitzer
For a few months in spring last year, toilet paper became a Soviet-style, deficit staple. Supermarket shelves were emptied, prices went up and hoarding set in, exacerbating both deficits and hoarding in a self-feeding loop until we had to realise that the pandemic did neither close supermarkets, nor did it boost our storage capacities at home or our digestive systems. Today, 18 months later, entire economies go the way of the loo roll. Prices for pretty much everything go through the roof and ever more items are in deficit. Читать дальше...