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‘The Backdrop’ Podcast Features ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Economist on Supply Chain Bottlenecks and Inflation

Episode 9 Explores How Supply Chains Broke Down and How to Make Them More Resilient

From restaurants and grocery stores to construction companies and car manufacturers, the pandemic’s widespread effects on global supply chains have caused shortages, price hikes and layoffs. And with the holidays coming up, companies are warning people to shop early or risk not finding the gifts they want to buy.

In this episode of The Backdrop, Kadee Russ, professor of economics at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ, discusses how supply chains got backed up, and how these critical systems that produce and deliver products to consumers can be made more resilient. Russ, a former senior economist for International Trade and Finance for the White House Council of Economic Advisors under President Obama, specializes in open-economy macroeconomics and international trade policy.

The Backdrop podcast is a monthly interview program featuring conversations with ºÙºÙÊÓƵ scholars and researchers working in the social sciences, humanities, arts and culture. It is available free, on demand at , , , , , and . The Backdrop is hosted by public radio veteran Soterios Johnson.

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  • Kadee Russ, Department of Economics, knruss@ucdavis.edu
  • Karen Nikos-Rose, News and Media Relations, 530-219-5472, kmnikos@ucdavis.edu
  • Soterios Johnson, News and Media Relations, 530-454-5956, sojohnson@ucdavis.edu

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