Headlines from Across the MAP
Oct 21, 2021By now, you’ve noticed. Your corner CVS is full of eerily empty shelves and low on detergent. West Elm says it will be months before you can get that one coffee table. There’s a wait list for the Nikes your hypebeast boyfriend has been coveting. Thanks to the disruptions in global supply chains that have sprung from the coronavirus crisis, Americans are confronting a widespread shortage of consumer goods that’s become just about impossible to miss.
- Slate: "The Absolute Simplest Explanation for America’s Supply Chain Woes"
- Verdad: "Understanding the Spike in Oil Prices"
- A Wealth of Common Sense: "Economic Side Effects From the Pandemic"
- Zero Hedge: "Free College Education Will Worsen The Already Extreme Labor Shortage"
- CNBC: "The Wealthiest 10% of Americans Own a record 89% of All U.S. Stocks"
- Barron's: "The Workers Won’t Be Coming Back, Covid or Not. Here Are Theories on Where They Went."
- The Wall Street Journal: "Behind the Energy Crisis: Fossil Fuel Investment Drops, and Renewables Aren’t Ready"
- The Wall Street Journal: "Soaring Home Prices Are Roiling Appraisals and Upending Sales"
