Headlines from Across the MAP
Sep 29, 2021Anyone who's ever tried to cook an elaborate dish only to be foiled by a missing ingredient can appreciate what manufacturers are wrestling with a year and a half into the pandemic. Many are stuck waiting for crucial parts that are out of stock or stuck in transit.
- NPR: "How A Single Missing Part Can Hold Up $5 Million Machines And Unleash Industrial Hell"
- Bloomberg: "In Amazon’s Flagship Fulfillment Center, the Machines Run the Show"
- Bloomberg: "A Tiny Piece of Plastic is Helping Farmers Use Less Water"
- NPR: "Flying Microchips The Size Of A Sand Grain Could Be Used For Population Surveillance"
- Markets Insider: "China Declares all Crypto-related Transactions Illegal and Forbids Overseas Exchanges from Serving its Citizens"
- The Wall Street Journal: "Cargo Piles Up as California Ports Jostle Over How to Resolve Delays"
- Reuters: "Fuel pumps run dry in British cities, sowing supply chain chaos"
- Notes of The Crisis: "Yet Another Debt Ceiling Crisis!"
- Zero Hedge: "Gasflation"
- The Wall Street Journal: "Bingo Is Back—With Bouncers"
- The Hustle: "Why America Has a School Bus Driver Shortage"