MT Magazine January/February 2022

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The Weakest Link How we got to a broken supply chain and why the fix isn’t going to be simple. BY GARY S. VASILASH TRANSPORTATION EDITOR, MTUNITED, A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN AMT & GARDNER BUSINESS MEDIA While this might seem paradoxical, the current supply chain disruptions are the classic good news-bad news situation. First, the good. Austan Goolsbee, who chaired the Council of Economic Advisors during the Obama administration, recently told POLITICO, “Normally, demand for services is the majority of what we spend our money on.” This means things like eating out, taking