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Empty Shelves and the Importance of Diversity
30th August 2017
Lots of media reaction this week to a decision by a German supermarket (Edeka) - for 24 hours - to remove all non-German produced foods and drinks from their shelves.
German supermarket clears foreign goods from shelves to make point about racism https://t.co/XTNH3B5jEo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 24, 2017
The aim was to highlight the importance of diversity and to combat racism. It looked pretty effective to me; we often take for granted the incredible variety of products available to us supplied through complex global supply chains.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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