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Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by visarga on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:15AM (#28422448)
An interesting failure mode of free markets. Inherent instability.
Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by namaria on Sunday September 05, 2021 @07:00AM (#28423276)
Any system with signalling delay will experience this effect. Changes will get amplified across layers. That's also a common way to die from a viral infection: your immune system goes into overdrive from too many signals of infection from different tissue cells. A common treatment is steroids, which dampen immune response.
Re:The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just... by lobocinza on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:21AM (#28424548)
Is an inherent instability in any system with long/slow information chains. It's more a failure mode of central planning than of free markets. We had a few companies making bad decisions based on bad demand forecasting. This is a problem mitigated by stock exchanges (commodities).