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For many people in America and across the globe, the supply chain crisis is not a theoretical problem or just a government-procurement headache but an immediate, real-world reality: We try to find and buy products whose availability we once took for granted, and come up short.
In Times Opinion, we’ve explored these challenges with pieces about globalization and government policy and the supply chain crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic. Our columnist Paul Krugman weighed in this month as well with a piece making a case for measured optimism that disruptions could become rarer as Covid cases fall.
The causes and future of America’s supply chain crisis are important national issues, and a core value of Times Opinion is to present an array of arguments and ideas to help readers think for themselves about critical matters. Recently, Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, reached out to The Times with a guest essay about his views on the supply issue and how both parties have contributed to it, and about a bill he has introduced in the Senate to try to spur the sale of American-made goods.
The supply chain problems highlight American dependence on foreign production, and they present a good moment to think about alternative models. Hawley’s bill and his broader vision of trade offer plenty for Times readers to scrutinize and debate, as he raises questions about America’s agreements with its trading partners and the country’s approach to production, aiming at pressuring companies to sell more American-made goods.
We have a high bar for publishing guest essays from national elected officials, given their political self-interests and access to large audiences, but we commission and consider such pieces when their ideas help us bring readers new or different viewpoints on vital issues.
Senator Hawley’s essay proposes an approach to a crisis affecting all of us, regardless of political party, and we hope that Times readers will find it useful as they think about the availability of consumer goods, trade and the wider American economy.
Patrick Healy is the deputy Opinion editor. He joined The Times in 2005 from The Boston Globe, and has served as the Politics editor, a deputy editor in Culture, and a reporter covering two presidential campaigns, theater and New York politics.
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