In 2019, Carthusian monks went back to their values and decided to scale back their production of Chartreuse.

Wow, he got Manchin on board?

Weaver, M. (2022, January 4). Omicron infections may have plateaued in London, Neil Ferguson says. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/04/omicron-infections-may-have-plateaued-in-london-neil-ferguson-says

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Jay Patel. (2021, December 12). Well captured by @snolen. Even as vaccine supply becomes more reliable, the uptake challenge across Africa is partly down to “vaccine indifference” rather than hesitancy––there are far more pressing problems across the region. [Tweet]. @PatelJay. https://twitter.com/Patel_Jay_/status/1470028858682400772

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/business/retail-returns/index.html

The more team human doesn't play as a team, the more problematic global supply chains will be.

simine vazire. (2021, August 27). Great to see numbers continuing to climb; seems like they’re climbing maybe as fast as supply allows! [Tweet]. @siminevazire. https://twitter.com/siminevazire/status/1431187367834972162

Hur, K. (2022, February 16). Restaurateur says he spends around $750,000 on security to deal with unruly diners. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/16/restauranteur-says-he-spends-around-750000-on-security-to-deal-with-unruly-diners.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/us/cargo-ship-cookbooks-overboard.html

Book releases push when shipping containers go overboard.

There could be an interesting movie idea here...

https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com/p/pulp-futures

The problem with capitalism is that in times of fecundity things can seem to magically work so incredibly well because so much of the system is hidden, yet when problems arise so much becomes much more obvious.

Unseen during fecundity is the amount of waste and damage done to our environments and places we live. Unseen are the interconnections and the reliances we make on our environment and each other.

There is certainly a longer essay hiding in this idea.

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Josh Michaud. “Over the next 2 Months COVAX Expects to Have Access to Almost Twice as Many Covid-19 Vaccine Doses as It Did over the First 8 Months of This Year. Https://Gavi.Org/Sites/Default/Files/Covid/Covax/COVAX-Supply-Forecast.Pdf Https://T.Co/JBtGYXFTwc.” Tweet. @joshmich (blog), September 2, 2021. https://twitter.com/joshmich/status/1433462474544660484.

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I see the point that blockchain helps make provenance tracing possible, but will need more details of how blockchain technology is leveraged here. Otherwise, I still feel stuck by questions like "Why it has to be blockchain?" and "Can't other technologies serve the same function?".

A quiet nod here in it's own right. Now I want to dig into Elinor Ostrom's research and work.

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♿🏳️‍🌈💙Jack Monroe (they/she). ‘I’m Getting Individual Permission from Everyone Sending Me Pics of Their Food Boxes in My DMs to Repost Them Here but without Identifying Information Because I Try to Be Responsible with This Large Platform and There Are ~children~ Involved Here. Disclaimer Done, Now Get Angry.’ Tweet. @BootstrapCook (blog), 12 January 2021. https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/status/1348917929132367872.

♿🏳️‍🌈💙Jack Monroe (they/she). ‘I’m Getting Individual Permission from Everyone Sending Me Pics of Their Food Boxes in My DMs to Repost Them Here but without Identifying Information Because I Try to Be Responsible with This Large Platform and There Are ~children~ Involved Here. Disclaimer Done, Now Get Angry.’ Tweet. @BootstrapCook (blog), 12 January 2021. https://twitter.com/BootstrapCook/status/1348917929132367872.

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Covid eruption in Brazil’s largest state leaves health workers begging for help. (2021, January 14). The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/14/brazil-manaus-amazonas-covid-coronavirus

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21st Century Economics (USA)

Economic Theory of a Market Economy, Characteristics, Pros, and Cons

Americans and the World believe or want to believe that the United States is built upon a Market Economy.

Historical context validates a classic Market Economy theory as directed by our Founding Fathers and Constitution. We clearly do not have a pure Market Economy today (2021).

• To Big to Fail - (Bailouts)
• Farm Subsidies
• Political Influence (money, lobbying, tenure)
• Government Agencies
• Military/Industrial Complex
• Federal Reserve (Central Banking)
• Social Security
• Medicare
• Other

Most Americans lump (through education) the concept of economics and government together, into 3 basic categories; Capitalism, Socialism and Communism.

The U.S. is a Capitalist Nation with a corresponding market economy.

Is this statement Fact or Hypothesis ?

Can we still rely on textbook economic models in the 21st Century?

Create power supply for all IOT projects

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