In a capitalist market economy, manufacturers of various goods are free to ramp up or slow down production of their product to keep pace with supply and demand. This generally ensures there is always a necessary amount available, even if the price might fluctuate beyond some customers’ means.
The same cannot be said of the centrally managed economy of a socialist system, where manufacturers typically lack the freedom to adjust to supply and demand issues, which can result in either an oversupply or shortage of a particular item.
Such is the case in socialist Cuba, which appears to be experiencing a shortage of the valuable commodity known as toilet paper, so much so that the communist government’s state-controlled media is actually admitting as much, according to Breitbart.
Breitbart reported that an article in the state-run newspaper Juventud Rebelde described the mysterious “disappearance” of sanitary rolls from stores in the capital city of Havana. The shortage was partially blamed on “hoarding” by self-employed Cubans who operated rent houses and restaurants frequented by tourists, as well as the U.S. embargo on trade of certain goods and materials.
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