If he bought the supplies earlier, then he creates a signal to the producers of those suppliers at the time of his purchase that they have to produce more. That’s good.
There’s also a good chance that the toilet paper he sold was on average more valuable to the buyers then the toilet paper was to those buyers when he brought his supplies.
f he bought the supplies earlier, then he creates a signal to the producers of those suppliers at the time of his purchase that they have to produce more. That’s good.
The market can remain irrational longer than your bum can stay free of shit.
If he bought the supplies earlier, then he creates a signal to the producers of those suppliers at the time of his purchase that they have to produce more. That’s good.
There’s also a good chance that the toilet paper he sold was on average more valuable to the buyers then the toilet paper was to those buyers when he brought his supplies.
I think stories like those during the Texan blackout (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-power-outage-griddy-lawsuit-electricity-bills-2021-03-26/) are a better example for problems that might be prevented by some price regulation.
The market can remain irrational longer than your bum can stay free of shit.
I will just note that you are making a quantity argument here, not a price argument.