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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Inventories Pile Up Worldwide


“The world is suddenly awash in almost everything: flat-panel televisions, bulldozers, Barbie dolls, strip malls, Burberry stores. Japan yesterday said its economy shrank at an 12.7 percent annual pace in the last three months of 2008 as global demand evaporated for Japanese cars and electronics. Business everywhere are scrambling to bring supply in line with demand.” (Washington Post, Tuesday)



Let prices coordinate.



FEE Timely Classic

“The Law of Supply and Demand” by Israel M. Kirzner


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.