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Do consumers expect discounts when inflation is running hot?

by 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.
Walmart reported strong earnings this week, as consumers try to find bargains at a bargain-scarce time.
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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EEC: Econ 101

The economics behind why toilet paper is sold out

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 19, 2020
Coronavirus household shortages, explained.
Raising prices might curb panic-buying, but it’s also price gouging.
Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
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COVID-19

Why are people stockpiling toilet paper?

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 11, 2020
It has a lot to do with the economic concept of scarcity.
Is it fear of a coronavirus quarantine or just scarcity that's driving these Costco customers in Burbank, California, to stock up on toilet paper, paper towels and water on March 6?
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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The Resource Curse

A day out at the (black) market in Venezuela

by Scott Tong
Mar 23, 2016
Low oil prices and government actions created shortages and soaring inflation
Jorge Galino/Marketplace
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Pliny the Elder: A case study in scarcity marketing

by Queena Kim
Sep 18, 2014
Pliny the Elder inspires beer hunters around the world to search for just one bottle.
Bottles of Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Elder beer sit in a cooler at Russian River Brewing Company on February 7, 2014 in Santa Rosa, California.
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By The Numbers

No wintry grave for Cronut craze

by 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

by 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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