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← A modern shipyard can match a whole wartime industrial mobilisation with a fraction of the workers.

17 connected korrents · 12 moments on record from 10 Nov 2023 to 7 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about America.

Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under permitting permitting Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Everything filed under China China Everything filed under Japan Japan Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A modern shipyard can match a whole wartime industrial mobilisation with a fraction of the workers. A modern shipyard can match a wholewartime industrial mobilisation witha fraction of the workers. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: American shipyards are unproductive rather than expensive: their workers are paid about what Korean and Japanese shipyard workers are paid. — tap to centre the map on it American shipyards areunproductive rather thanexpensive: their workers arepaid about what Korean and… Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: American shipbuilding has been uncompetitive for a century; it is not a recent decline. — tap to centre the map on it American shipbuilding has beenuncompetitive for a century;it is not a recent decline. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: American shipbuilding capacity has collapsed to a rounding error beside China's. — tap to centre the map on it American shipbuilding capacityhas collapsed to a roundingerror beside China's. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 DW Dan Wang — holds since 2024-01-23 — tap for who they are BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether a country builds ships well comes down to whether it actually wants to compete internationally, and America never has. — tap to centre the map on it Whether a country builds shipswell comes down to whether itactually wants to competeinternationally, and America… Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Wartime shipbuilding surges have never left America with a commercial shipbuilding industry afterwards. — tap to centre the map on it Wartime shipbuilding surgeshave never left America with acommercial shipbuildingindustry afterwards. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: For small strategic materials markets like rare earths the right policy is a stockpile, not domestic production. — tap to centre the map on it For small strategic materialsmarkets like rare earths theright policy is a stockpile,not domestic production. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The United States is good at high-volume manufacturing and bad at low-volume manufacturing, and that is what its industrial weakness actually consists of. — tap to centre the map on it The United States is good athigh-volume manufacturing andbad at low-volumemanufacturing, and that is… Last stated 7 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Commercial shipbuilding keeps moving to whichever country has the cheapest labour, and America has never been that country. — tap to centre the map on it Commercial shipbuilding keepsmoving to whichever countryhas the cheapest labour, andAmerica has never been that… Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cutting off trade with tariffs would force a huge interest-rate spike and probably a debt crisis, because the budget deficit would have to be financed at home. — tap to centre the map on it Cutting off trade with tariffswould force a hugeinterest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis… Last stated a year ago 14 Apr 2025 JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it Reducing trade deficits andreviving manufacturing wouldnot end the resentment fuelingright-wing authoritarian… Last stated today 7 Sept 2026 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Tariffs on Chinese clean energy reduce the total number of clean-energy jobs, because most of those jobs are in deployment rather than manufacturing. — tap to centre the map on it Tariffs on Chinese cleanenergy reduce the total numberof clean-energy jobs, becausemost of those jobs are in… Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company doing something at the edge of the Overton window has to hold two cultures at once — the true believers and the serious professionals who think they are crazy — and integrating them is what makes it work. — tap to centre the map on it A company doing something atthe edge of the Overton windowhas to hold two cultures atonce — the true believers and… Last stated a month ago 7 Aug 2026 MH Max Hodak — holds since 2026-08-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new world order based on raw power is being drawn right now, and Europe has to fight for its place in it. — tap to centre the map on it A new world order based on rawpower is being drawn rightnow, and Europe has to fightfor its place in it. Last stated 12 months ago 10 Sept 2025 UL Ursula von der Leyen — holds since 2025-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny fraction of ancestry can carry the most important thing about a population: Yamnaya is only a few percent of DNA in India and yet it brought the language. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny fraction of ancestrycan carry the most importantthing about a population:Yamnaya is only a few percent… Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Environmental permitting now causes more environmental harm than it prevents, because what it delays is the clean thing replacing the dirty one. — tap to centre the map on it Environmental permitting nowcauses more environmental harmthan it prevents, because whatit delays is the clean thing… Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Delay in permitting clean energy kills more Americans every year than the September 11 attacks did. — tap to centre the map on it Delay in permitting cleanenergy kills more Americansevery year than the September11 attacks did. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Getting a data centre permitted in the empty middle of America is far easier than putting one in orbit. — tap to centre the map on it Getting a data centrepermitted in the empty middleof America is far easier thanputting one in orbit. Last stated 6 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A modern shipyard can match a whole wartime industrial mobilisation with a fraction of the workers. Last stated 3 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Austin Vernon Read this korrent →