One of the most powerful human foibles is extrapolation bias in which we have a strong tendency to believe that recent trends will continue forever. In contrast, the world of economics and finance is largely cyclical. We have a great current example of...
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Given the growth in ecommerce, it should be obvious that there is tremendous demand for carboard packaging. However, as yet another Amazon box landed on my doorstep, I realized that I had never thought about the impact of ecommerce on the size, scope...
In Mid-March, I posted Everything is Connected which focused on the fact that Ukraine produces one-half of the world’s neon supply which is a vital component in the production of computer chips. Should production of neon be interrupted by a prolonged conflict, the...
Despite global supply chain problems that have caused periodic product shortages and contributed to a surge in inflation, most of us do not really understand the extent to which the world is connected. Do you know that an iPhone contains more than 1,600...