NEW ODD LOTS: How to make money selling furniture in Alaska @tracyalloway and I talked to Dave Cavitt, founder and CEO of Furniture Enterprises of Alaska, about what the economy looks like right now from his retail vantage point.

Among the things we talked about: - The difficulty of planning in a time of changing tariffs - The ability to pass on tariffs - Wages and the tightness of the labor market - Hitchhiking to Alaska at age 18 - The time he nearly drowned on a commercial fishing boat

On that last point. The Coast Guard was unable to rescue him, due to storm. And he was only saved by another boat (which calls to mind Ishmael’s rescue by the Rachel, now that I think about it)