U.S. has only a fraction of the medical supplies it needs to combat coronavirus
National Geographic |
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By Nsikan Akpan
“The fundamental point that's exposed in situations like that is that autarky—the idea of self-sufficiency—is lovely in theory, but it almost never actually works in practice, because we tend to not appreciate supply chains,” says Parag Khanna.