Economy
Why toothpaste becomes currency in prison
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
If you want to witness supply and demand at its most brutal, restrict how much toothpaste a person can buy in a month. Strict spending limits on prison commissaries naturally birth aggressive black markets, where basic hygiene items immediately double in barter value simply because the official supply was arbitrarily capped. It is basic human nature, just wearing a jumpsuit.
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