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The Shortages Are Going To Get Worse Later This Year As Global Supply Chains Increasingly Falter
The Shortages Are Going To Get Worse Later This Year As Global Supply Chains Increasingly Falter Have you noticed that it is a lot harder to get certain things these days? Just recently, someone in my local area was surprised when her appointment to get the windshield on her vehicle fixed was canceled because it […]
“The Largest Ever Physical Transfer Of Gold”
“The Largest Ever Physical Transfer Of Gold” Two months ago, when the market was in a state of near-total chaos as a result of a sudden collapse in global supply chains due to the hasty coronavirus lockdowns, one market that saw unprecedented turmoil was that of physical gold. As we pointed out in late March, due […]
Dominos Are Falling – China Shutdown To Crush India’s Already-Crumbling Economy
Dominos Are Falling – China Shutdown To Crush India’s Already-Crumbling Economy The supply chain shock emanating from China to other Asia Pacific countries and Europe, could become a major headache for India. Bloomberg focuses on how an industrial shutdown of China’s economy has already had a profound effect on India’s economy and could get worse. Pankaj R. Patel, chairman of Zydus Cadila, […]
Why Covid-19 Demands Our Full Attention
Why Covid-19 Demands Our Full Attention This is an unprecedented moment for our hyper-connected planet There’s a reason we’ve re-directed so much of our attention towards reporting on and trying to understand the novel coronavirus (covid-19) that originated in Wuhan, China in December. The heart of our approach is to be “systems thinkers.” “Learn how […]
Fiat Chrysler To Shut Serbia Plant As Covid-19-Shock Paralyzes Global Supply Chains
Fiat Chrysler To Shut Serbia Plant As Covid-19-Shock Paralyzes Global Supply Chains It’s certainly plausible that the global economy is in the early stages of grinding to a halt. Already, we’ve noted that two-thirds of China’s economy is offline, with major industrial hubs idle and 400 million people quarantined. The next phase of the supply chain […]
Global Supply Chains Imploding As Quarter Of German Firms Plan To Leave China
Global Supply Chains Imploding As Quarter Of German Firms Plan To Leave China The Bussiness Confidence Survey 2019/20 published by the German Chamber of Commerce in China, in cooperation with KPMG in Germany, finds that almost a quarter of German companies operating in China are preparing to relocate production facilities. The survey was conducted from late July through […]
Trading away our future?
Trading away our future? Early trade was about ecological adaptation, transporting essential food or other essential goods to a places where they were lacking. Very little in present international trade is based on that. Instead, trade in itself creates shortages. Today, Sweden only produces half the beef it consumes. This is not because there is […]
The Seeds of Agroecology and Common Ownership
The Seeds of Agroecology and Common Ownership The increasingly globalised industrial food system that transnational agribusiness promotes is not feeding the world and is responsible for some of the planet’s most pressing political, social and environmental crises. Localised, traditional methods of food production have given way to globalised supply chains dominated by transnational companies policies and actions which […]
