{"id":59174,"date":"2021-09-01T07:09:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59174"},"modified":"2021-09-01T07:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:09:35","slug":"the-world-is-still-short-of-everything-get-used-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59174","title":{"rendered":"The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"css-oyt3a4 euiyums1\">\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h3 id=\"link-51c36a5c\" class=\"css-rsa88z e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/30\/business\/supply-chain-shortages.html?fbclid=IwAR37e-vKpScLZOoSf9pRPgakrRoGGNWsqxoiP8daVnpFkTmSt0ZKiIb-qYs\">The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-w6ymp8 e1wiw3jv0\"><strong>Pandemic-related product shortages \u2014 from computer chips to construction materials \u2014 were supposed to be resolved by now. Instead, the world has gained a lesson in the ripple effects of disruption.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-79elbk\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"css-ub6nic ehw59r12\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<div class=\"css-tux0zj ehw59r13\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-overlay\">\n<div class=\"css-1pkumt3 ehw59r14\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-8h527k\" data-testid=\"lazy-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1a48zt4 ehw59r15\" data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure class=\"sizeLarge layoutHorizontal css-1uo7c9r\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"css-bsn42l\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=600\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1200\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-mobileMasterAt3x.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale&amp;width=1800\" media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-rq4mmj\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"auto, ((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2021\/08\/31\/business\/00jpShortages2-print\/merlin_193710321_e7fda451-6e8b-42c8-bcb8-c52bc3d274ec-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Kirsten Gjesdal stopped ordering some products for her kitchen supply store in Brookings, S.D., tired of telling customers that she didn&amp;rsquo;t know when the items would arrive.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-13o4bnb e18f7pbr0\"><span class=\"css-16f3y1r e13ogyst0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Kirsten Gjesdal stopped ordering some products for her kitchen supply store in Brookings, S.D., tired of telling customers that she didn\u2019t know when the items would arrive.<\/span><span class=\"css-cnj6d5 e1z0qqy90\"><span class=\"css-1ly73wi e1tej78p0\">Credit&#8230;<\/span>Tim Gruber for The New York Times<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Like most people in the developed world, Kirsten Gjesdal had long taken for granted her ability to order whatever she needed and then watch the goods arrive, without any thought about the factories, container ships and trucks involved in delivery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Not anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">At her kitchen supply store in Brookings, S.D., Ms. Gjesdal has given up stocking place mats, having wearied of telling customers that she can only guess when more will come. She recently received a pot lid she had purchased eight months earlier. She has grown accustomed to paying surcharges to cover the soaring shipping costs of the goods she buys. She has already placed orders for Christmas items like wreaths and baking pans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s nuts,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s definitely not getting back to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">The challenges confronting Ms. Gjesdal\u2019s shop, Carrot Seed Kitchen, are a testament to the breadth and persistence of the chaos roiling the global economy, as manufacturers and the shipping industry contend with an unrelenting pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Delays, product shortages and rising costs continue to bedevil businesses large and small. And consumers are confronted with an experience once rare in modern times: no stock available, and no idea when it will come in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1fanzo5 StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">In the face of an enduring shortage of computer chips,\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/19\/business\/toyota-production-slowdown-chip-shortage.html\">Toyota<\/a> announced this month that it would slash its global production of cars by 40 percent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It. Pandemic-related product shortages \u2014 from computer chips to construction materials \u2014 were supposed to be resolved by now. Instead, the world has gained a lesson in the ripple effects of disruption. 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