Manufacturing

Smart Links 10 December 2012
Paul Summerville • December 10, 2012

Commentary on outsourcing U-turn, austerity failing, the Fed is about to move to outright purchases of long bonds, the extinction of the Brontosaurus, GOP split, sperm count fears, and a tribute to Bev.

Coming to America (and Canada).

The Atlantic -- The Insourcing Boom
After years of offshore production, General Electric is moving much of its far-flung appliance-manufacturing operations back home.

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Smart Links -- 09 March 2011
Paul Summerville • March 9, 2011

Telegraph -- Gloomy Malthus provides food for thought as world's appetite builds

CNBC -- Food, Not Oil, Bigger Threat to Global Inflation?

NYT – Making Every Calorie Count

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World
Malthus Moment, Immigration Matters, GINIed, Teachers, Pakistan Farce, 2% Limit, Voices, Coming Home, America’s HST, Gold, Kent
Paul Summerville • March 9, 2011

Malthus looms down on us from his place in history.

Famously predicting that starvation would dominate the human condition because of the simple arithmetic that rising populations would overwhelm food supply, Malthus was proven wrong in the long term because he underestimated the genius of innovation that resulted in tremendous increases in food supply.

However, like any supply-demand curve there will always be moments of severe disruption, this may be one of them.

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World
Smart Links -- 11 February 2011
Paul Summerville • February 11, 2011

Paste -- Beatles Fans Celebrate 50th Anniversary of First Gig

Cavern

Born This Way

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50 Years Ago, World Changer, Justice Denied, Muni Madness, Less Europe, China Bubble CXVI, More Wael, Home Front, Bond Bust
Paul Summerville • February 11, 2011

Some musical history, the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first performance, and Lady Gaga's latest.

Imagine where the Beatles got to by July 1967 with the release of Sgt. Peppers from February 1961 their first performance as a band.

Innovation extreme.

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