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Toilet Paper Panic Humorous, But Points To Low Wages And Dominance Of Market By Conglomerates

Alarm in the past week regarding planned hikes in toilet paper prices in Taiwan has been bizarre, leading to a consumer panic in which entire stores have been sold out of toilet paper. But while humorous, the panic points to structural issues regarding dominance of the market by large conglomerates and the low salaries paid to Taiwanese workers which would lead them to panic about price increases...