Entrepreneur, author, analyst. According to this Cornell professor says implementing a $300/ton carbon tax would cost gas prices to go up $2.60 per gallon. Lucky for us the crashing economy will reach that target (and then sum) much, much quicker than any legislation to that effect would. Sign up for my newsletter.
As we continue watching JIT systems crash (a function of credit intensity) we’re also going to see other credit intensive systems start to deteriorate and enter decline periods. Currently, Chrysler is paving the way forward for car dealerships by abruptly shutting them down. What should a dealer do in this environment? Many will die, others [...]
I’m a firm advocate that Occam’s ultimate razor for complex international phenomena is depiction in comic strips. Thanks to Adrian, we have a couple depicting just-in-time supply chains in a declining system: Sign up for my newsletter.
Chatham House has an interesting short new paper on why extended just-in-time supply chains aren’t sustainable in the long run. Sign up for my newsletter.
MAJOR shipping companies are beginning to cut capacity and consolidate services to cope with slowing demand and sinking freight rates. Sign up for my newsletter.