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A toilet paper run is like a bank run. The economic fixes are about the same

  • Written by Alfredo R. Paloyo, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Wollongong
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Panic buying knows no borders.

Shoppers in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have caught toilet paper fever on the back of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Shop shelves are being emptied as quickly as they can be stocked.

Read more: Why are people stockpiling toilet paper? We asked four experts

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