Daily Reads

-Covid outbreak at Chinese port exacerbates global supply chain delays —what is the saying, when it rains it pours? I guess that is how the global supply chains must feel these days.

-Nassim Taleb, Erstwhile Bitcoin Admirer, Publishes Paper Trashing It— how do you value something that has no value?

-Covid Rebounds in U.S. South, With Many Shunning Vaccines — if we have to shut down businesses again, we should send the bill to all those that didn’t get vaccinated.

-The World’s Financial Centers Struggle Back to the Office— there is a level of arrogance in all those financial services CEOs proclaiming everyone should be back in the office NOW (but would we be really surprised by that arrogance?)

-America’s Trumpiest Attorney General Isn’t Letting a Little Staff Revolt Stop Him — it is amazing to see the level of corruption at all levels of Trump’s orbit.

Carsten Schmidt @carstens