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Not toilet paper, but micro processors, production lines, raw materials, for example. How do you tackle this? Like I said in my original comment - will we have
by libertine 4y ago
Not toilet paper, but micro processors, production lines, raw materials, for example.
How do you tackle this? Like I said in my original comment - will we have to resort to quotas?
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> Not toilet paper, but micro processors, production lines, raw materials, for example Who is hoarding processors? The predominant driver of the current shortage is the auto industry pulling orders in the early pandemic and then raging back into gear. The only people stockpiling are groups like Huawei, and they aren't "hoarding" nearly enough to influence global prices. Broadly speaking, when a politician blames hoarding, it's a dead giveaway for deflecting from a systemic issue. The culprit is usually price gouging laws, which discourage holding emergency reserves. In this case, it was just a global supply chain system stressed by demand dynamism and stimulus spending.