Manufacturing
The Anglosphere Needs a Customs Union
OVER A century ago, at the Royal Geographic Society in London, Halford Mackinder delivered a paper titled “The Geographical Pivot of History,” in which he argued that the rise of...
Barely Afloat: Will Peloton Survive the Winter?
Peloton has taken many drastic measures recently to regain its footing, including outsourcing manufacturing, agreeing to sell its products on third-party platforms, and multiple rounds of layoffs. On Thursday, Peloton...
Honda and LG Team Up On $4 Billion Electric Vehicle Plant in the U.S.
With a shift to electric cars in full swing and California this week becoming the first state to mandate a sunset of gas-powered vehicle sales, many are asking where the...
The Market Rewards Companies That Prioritize National Security
Massive container ships crisscross the world’s oceans, some traveling west, some traveling east. They are a symbol of the interconnectedness of today’s modern economy—vast, moving monuments to global trade. The...
‘America Is Delivering’: Biden Signs Massive Semiconductor Bill
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a $280 billion package that aims to boost the domestic chip-making industry and scientific research. During an event on the South Lawn...
India Can’t Dethrone China as the World’s Manufacturing Power
Ever since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, many in the West have discussed the need for supply-chain diversification to decrease their dependence on China for manufactured goods. Recently, these...
Peloton Will End In-House Manufacturing After Post-Pandemic Crash
Few companies have fallen so far, so fast, as Peloton. The at-home bike company was riding high during the early days of the pandemic when lots of people were stuck...
How ‘Nearshoring’ Can Revitalize the U.S. Economy
Twenty-three years ago, British sociologist Anthony Giddens published an influential opus titled The Third Way. While the author’s work focused on politics, the “third way” is an apt description of...
Is Roku Making its Own TVs?
The Roku brand has become very successful in the last decade, first as a type of streaming media player and later as an operating system found on the TVs of...
Why TVs Have Gotten Cheaper Over Time
As you may have noticed, things have been getting more expensive in America this year. There’s inflation not seen since the early 1980s, with prices rising for gasoline, cars, food...
What Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Can Learn From China – Their Biggest Market
Despite the pandemic, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased by 43% in 2020. Total EV sales in China were 1.3 million, an increase of 8% compared to 2019, and 41% of...
Why Did This Indian Tank Take 35 Years To Build?
Here’s What You Need to Know: This tank may have been doomed from the start. In the mid-1970s, India began development on a totally new, advanced main battle tank that...