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Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop

  • Written by Melissa Norberg, Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University
Psychology can explain why coronavirus drives us to panic buy. It also provides tips on how to stop

In an address on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his dismay at the hordes of “panic buyers” sweeping supermarket shelves clean across the country:

Stop hoarding. I can’t be more blunt about it. Stop it. It is not sensible, it is not helpful and it has been one of the most disappointing things I have seen in...

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