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Articles by Steven Rolf
Supermarket Economics
Beginning in the Reagan recession, Kroger made its first of several large acquisitions with Dillion Companies, the holding company for western grocers King Soopers, City Market, and Fry’s. At the peak of the Clinton-Greenspan stock market bubble in the late nineties, Albertsons purchased American Stores, owner of northeastern chains Lucky and Acme followed by Kroger’s acquisition of Fred Meyer, the owner of west-coast grocers Ralphs, Food 4 Less, and others.
Cyborg Trucking | Steven Rolf & Wei Wei
The supply and demand whiplashes of the Covid-19 pandemic snarled global supply chains, shaking up labor markets and well-established migration patterns in the process. Existing cracks in logistics and infrastructure systems widened, thereby making them newly visible. In the US and Europe, a dramatic shortage in the supply of long haul truck drivers sparked panic among businesses and policymakers in 2021.
Ventures & Networks | Nikhil Kalyanpur
The past year of rampant inflation and energy system chaos is a clear indication that we need paradigmatic change. Any new economic system is going to be anchored by major scientific innovations; historically, spurring these technological transformations has required a mix of initial state action followed by entrepreneurial execution.
Transition Theory
by Jairus Banaji Haymarket Books, 2020 Capitalism is either eternal or it isn’t. There are people who defend the first view, or something close to it—the 2014 multivolume Cambridge History of Capitalism opens in Babylonia, circa 1000 BCE—but it is much more plausible that capitalism, like most other social phenomena, has its origins in specific historical developments.
Ceramics Critique: Two Potters Discuss Characteristics of a Great Pot - Ceramic Arts Network
Ceramics critiques are a necessary, though sometimes dreaded, part of becoming a successful ceramic artist. Even if you are not in a formal educational setting, informal critiques with peers at a community center can serve a very important role in your development as an artist. Learning the art of self critique is very important too.
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