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Toilet Paper Scarcity Links Back To Supply Chain

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Toilet paper moves out from a cutting machine at the Tissue Plus factory in Bangor, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Toilet paper moves out from a cutting machine at the Tissue Plus factory in Bangor, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

While the hoarding and panic buying of toilet paper may have initially caused a stock shortage in stores and online, Jim Luke, professor of economics at Lansing Community College, explains why the scarcity has a lot to do with the supply chain.

This segment aired on April 10, 2020.

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