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Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by agent008t on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:06AM (#22864231)
Buying for resale by definition means that more TP is available for purchase.
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by TeMPOraL on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:30AM (#22864388)
Buying for resale doesn't magically create TP. The amount of TP available to consumers is the same, the amount of money made by TP producers is the same. But consumers have to spend more money, because there's a parasitic layer of resellers introducing friction into the system.
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by agent008t on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:36AM (#22864426)
I would rather people buy to resell, than buy to hoard "just in case". The former does increase the amount available to consumers.
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by cool_dude85 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @06:50AM (#22864507)
I would rather people neither buy to resell, nor buy to hoard "just in case."
Re:Economists who defend disaster profiteers are wrong by coredog64 on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @11:19AM (#22867049)
"Buying for resale" could include buying up now-useless stocks of institutional TP/hand sanitizer and re-packaging it for consumer purchase. Supply increased and value added.