How a shortage of gas, engine oil and spare parts is grinding Gaza to a halt

With food and medicine already scarce, emergency services, bakeries and water supplies are increasingly being pushed to the brink…

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/05/shortage-gas-oil-spare-parts-grinding-gaza-halt

 

Trump SHOCKED as His Own Economy Starts UNRAVELING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSyIxiqVqaI

Federal workers ordered back to office find chaos and shortages : NPR

As agencies scramble to comply with President Trump's Jan. 20 order terminating remote work, employees say the process has been marked by confusion, changing guidance and frustrating conditions...

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5338945/federal-workers-return-to-office-chaos 

Trump says tariff may cause short-term disruption | Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday acknowledged that tariff costs are sometimes passed along to consumers, and said his plans to impose tariffs may cause a short-term disruption...

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-tariff-may-cause-short-term-disruption-2025-01-31/

U.K. shoppers face bare shelves and rationing in grocery stores amid produce shortages - CBS News

Some British farmers in regions of the country that usually grow produce during the winter months have said they've been priced out of doing so because of soaring energy costs, and by labor shortages caused by Britain's exit from the European Union bloc, or Brexit, which took effect several years ago...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uk-food-produce-shortages-bare-shelves-rationing-vegetables-europe/

The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same | George Monbiot | The Guardian

Around the world, trade barriers have come down and roads and ports upgraded, streamlining the global network. You might imagine that this smooth system would enhance food security. But it has allowed companies to shed the costs of warehousing and inventories, switching from stocks to flows. Mostly, this just-in-time strategy works. But if deliveries are interrupted or there's a rapid surge in demand, shelves can suddenly empty...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/19/banks-collapsed-in-2008-food-system-same-producers-regulators

Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds | Meat industry | The Guardian

In addition, company executives intentionally stoked fears about meat shortages in order to justify continuing to operate the plants under dangerous conditions.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/12/meatpacking-industry-trump-downplay-covid-threat

America faces supply-chain disruption and shortages. Here’s why

…Congress should strengthen antitrust law, ban all large mergers, strictly control finance, and re-regulate our transportation industries...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/01/america-supply-chain-shortages