Sunday , November 24 2024
Home / Mike Norman Economics / Angel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit — Michael Grothaus

Angel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit — Michael Grothaus

Summary:
In case you were wondering. Toilet paper is a business where we run all of our assets 24/7…, so it wasn’t like there was an opportunity to just say, ‘Oh, just run more hours.’ All the hours were already accounted for. Shows that retail is based on administrative pricing rather than market pricing. Under market pricing with quantity limited, the price would have risen to ration available supply based on price. Would that have prevented hoarding? Would this have been a better solution? An alternative would have been to ration the quantity of product per customer, which some firms eventually did. Fast CompanyAngel Soft exec explains why toilet paper supply couldn’t keep up with demand when COVID-19 hit Michael Grothaus

Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important:

This could be interesting, too:

Matias Vernengo writes Elon Musk (& Vivek Ramaswamy) on hardship, because he knows so much about it

Lars Pålsson Syll writes Klas Eklunds ‘Vår ekonomi’ — lärobok med stora brister

New Economics Foundation writes We need more than a tax on the super rich to deliver climate and economic justice

Robert Vienneau writes Profits Not Explained By Merit, Increased Risk, Increased Ability To Compete, Etc.


In case you were wondering.
Toilet paper is a business where we run all of our assets 24/7…, so it wasn’t like there was an opportunity to just say, ‘Oh, just run more hours.’ All the hours were already accounted for.
Shows that retail is based on administrative pricing rather than market pricing. Under market pricing with quantity limited, the price would have risen to ration available supply based on price. Would that have prevented hoarding? Would this have been a better solution? An alternative would have been to ration the quantity of product per customer, which some firms eventually did.

Michael Grothaus

Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *