The Box
Categories: Business & Money, History
Marc Levinson tells how the humble shipping container transformed the global economy, slashing transport costs, reshaping ports and cities, and making today's globalized supply chains possible.
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- Bill Gates: “It is the subject of an excellent book I read this summer called The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by a former Economist editor named Marc Levinson.”
- Shane Parrish: “If this book wasn’t recommended to me by so many smart people, I never would have read it. In fact, when I asked > 15k people to name the best book they’ve read this year, this was the second most popular book. And it’s wayyyy better than I imagined”