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Everything filed under America America Everything filed under China China Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under tariffs tariffs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Shipbuilding productivity depends on clustering yards and suppliers in one place, and it decays when the cluster thins out. Shipbuilding productivity depends onclustering yards and suppliers in oneplace, and it decays when the clusterthins out. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Precision earlier in the process is what buys manufacturing productivity, because parts that do not fit are paid for in rework. — tap to centre the map on it Precision earlier in the process iswhat buys manufacturingproductivity, because parts that donot fit are paid for in rework. 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 isnot 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: A modern shipyard can match a whole wartime industrial mobilisation with a fraction of the workers. — tap to centre the map on it 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: Sheltering an industry from competition is not the same as making it competitive, and American maritime policy has only ever done the first. — tap to centre the map on it Sheltering an industry fromcompetition is not the same asmaking it competitive, and Americanmaritime policy has only ever donethe first. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — 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 are unproductiverather than expensive: their workersare paid about what Korean andJapanese shipyard workers are paid. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Jan 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-01-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: What has kept American shipbuilding uncompetitive is the high cost of its inputs, above all labour and steel. — tap to centre the map on it What has kept American shipbuildinguncompetitive is the high cost ofits inputs, above all labour andsteel. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — 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 keeps movingto whichever country has thecheapest labour, and America hasnever been that country. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Sept 2024 BP Brian Potter — holds since 2024-09-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A few square miles at the Moon's south pole are the only lunar real estate that matters, and whoever gets there first sets the terms. — tap to centre the map on it A few square miles at the Moon'ssouth pole are the only lunar realestate that matters, and whoevergets there first sets the terms. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Aug 2026 EB Eric Berger — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it A nation of a million people cannotrule hundreds of millions bywarfare; the Mongol Empire lastedbecause it offered its subjectsthings they actually wanted. Last stated a year ago 31 Jul 2025 JW Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — 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 tariffs wouldforce a huge interest-rate spike andprobably a debt crisis, because thebudget deficit would have to befinanced at home. 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 and revivingmanufacturing would not end theresentment fueling right-wingauthoritarian movements. Last stated yesterday 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 clean energyreduce the total number ofclean-energy jobs, because most ofthose jobs are in deployment ratherthan manufacturing. 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 at theedge of the Overton window has tohold two cultures at once — the truebelievers and the seriousprofessionals who think they arecrazy — and integrating them is whatmakes it work. 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 raw poweris being drawn right now, and Europehas to fight for 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 ancestry cancarry the most important thing abouta population: Yamnaya is only a fewpercent of DNA in India and yet itbrought the language. Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Shipbuilding productivity depends on clustering yards and suppliers in one place, and it decays when the cluster thins out. Last stated 3 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago Holds Austin Vernon Read this korrent →