Hand sanitiser: where does it come from, where does it go?
Our hands have probably never been cleaner. The spread of the novel coronavirus over the past couple of months has led to nothing short of a ‘run’ on hand sanitiser, as seen by early morning queues outside your local Superdrug. A number of interesting economic phenomena can be observed from market pricing, consumer stockpiling, and the government’s response. In markets with more flexible price structures such as Amazon, an increase in the price of hand sanitiser reflects a sudden shift