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Nov 16, 2021Liked by Emmet Penney

The Black Cascade is the most metal subject name ever! I must admit to having a bit of “Vorsorglicheschadenfreude” for this winter as we wait to see how bad this gets. Keep at it Emmet- this is awesome stuff.

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Nov 16, 2021Liked by Emmet Penney

A well written article, however I’m going to have to disagree with a lot of your points. A large part of the supply chain problems are due to politics and not some natural disaster.

Removing the tariffs imposed by trump would reduce the price of imports immensely. Reconciling Australia and China would resolve the coal shortage. Removing city restrictions would ease the congestion at ports. Reducing licensing requirements on truck drivers would… All of this doesn’t even require Congress. We’re in an age of abundance, shortages are political

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Nov 16, 2021Liked by Emmet Penney

This is a good article. For me my takeaway is that economies became enthralled to neoliberal policy that said the market can do EVERYTHING. What we are seeing is that markets are really bad at doing some things. We as a community, by which I mean government, has to step up in some areas and say 'This is what is going to happen'

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