All this suggests that supply chain disruptions aren’t a short-term problem. They signal a more fundamental and long-term crisis. The ways in which corporations organize global production are increasingly unsustainable for workers and the environment. Furthermore, these problems can’t just be understood in terms of whether consumers get their Christmas presents — or anything — on time. The politics of supply chains are likely to stay in the headlines as workers, climate activists, consumers, corporations, governments and others with a stake in this system struggle over this structural crisis for years to come.
The global supply chain’s problems are much bigger than delayed Christmas gifts and covid backlogs
