By the time a crisis hits, it’s too late to start building an extra cupboard
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Tim Harford
In January 2020, the Harford family filled a spare cupboard with pasta and tinned food. Our “Brexit cupboard” was intended to protect us in case there were disruptions to trade after the UK left the EU on January 31. As I pointed out to my wife, it was probably pointless: any issues would be minor and were more likely to affect perishables than pasta. Still: the Brexit cupboard cost little and afforded some gallows humour, so why not?
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