Beep@lemmus.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoEU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwearenvironment.ec.europa.euexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down12
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minus-squareRandomStranger@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoIsn’t that exactly what artificial scarcity is? Limited stock for the sake of limiting it, not due to actual supply/demand.
minus-squareturboSnail@piefed.europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoYeah, I guess we need a third category then. What they’re currently doing involves overproduction at first, but that is later turned into artificial scarcity by destroying the products. How’s “extra wasteful, diabolical scarcity” for a term?
Isn’t that exactly what artificial scarcity is? Limited stock for the sake of limiting it, not due to actual supply/demand.
Yeah, I guess we need a third category then. What they’re currently doing involves overproduction at first, but that is later turned into artificial scarcity by destroying the products. How’s “extra wasteful, diabolical scarcity” for a term?