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Do consumers expect discounts when inflation is running hot?
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Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 18, 2022
President's Day weekend is usually marked by sales. But both supply chain shortages and inflation are complicating the hunt for a bargain.
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EEC: Econ 101
The economics behind why toilet paper is sold out
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Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus household shortages, explained.
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COVID-19
Why are people stockpiling toilet paper?
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Marielle Segarra
Mar 11, 2020
It has a lot to do with the economic concept of scarcity.
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The Resource Curse
A day out at the (black) market in Venezuela
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Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2016
Low oil prices and government actions created shortages and soaring inflation
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Pliny the Elder: A case study in scarcity marketing
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Queena Kim
Sep 18, 2014
Pliny the Elder inspires beer hunters around the world to search for just one bottle.
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By The Numbers
No wintry grave for Cronut craze
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Mark Garrison
Oct 31, 2013
A culinary lesson in scarcity, supply and demand ... and demand ... and demand, via the 'cronut.'
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How feelings of deprivation affect consumer behavior
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Sally Herships
Jan 4, 2013
A new study from New York University says the groups of consumers who feel the most deprived are also those most swayed by their emotions.
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