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by ericalexander0 1701 days ago
Understand the beer distribution game, and you'll understand what's happening. You'll also know what happens next.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_distribution_game

2 comments

Yes, the author focuses on a possible shortage of resources as the cause of the problem, but the Forester effect certainly played a decisive role in the case of the chip shortage. Anyway, we live in a very fragile civilization, and we have to shorten the supply chains or we will have big problems in the future.
I wonder if there are any predictors of who will do better when things destabilize, for example does vertical integration provide a strong advantage? If so what is the tipping point, how much vertical integration is needed?