How the unsustainable growth of the container ship industry led to the supply chain crisis
ocean shipping
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The Democratic Pivot
There’s a path to gaining some needed successes on policy and legislation while waiting for a deal to emerge on Build Back Better.
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2022: The Year in Governing
Here’s everything to look out for over the next 12 months.
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‘Trucking Action Plan’ Missing in Action
The White House effort on trucking is too focused on finding more drivers and not focused enough on making trucking jobs better.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Flying Blind
The fatal fragmentation of private information in the global supply chain system
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Inflation-Fighting Bill You Don’t Know About
An overwhelmingly bipartisan effort would finally crack down on the ocean shipping cartel.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Supply Chain Mess
A deeper cure will take years, but Biden is finding creative ways to get things unstuck.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What’s Causing the Weird Inflation?
And is there anything Biden can do to make it subside before it adds to the Democrats’ woes in 2022?
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Biden Unclogs a Port—Well, Partly
Today on TAP: L.A. longshore workers will now work 24/7—but companies’ exploitation of port truckers will still slow things down.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Real Shortages in the U.S. Economy
It’s not a shortage of labor, it’s a shortage of attentiveness to how the economy has failed its citizens.