Marc Levinson
Autor/a de The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
Sobre l'autor
Marc Levinson is the author of several books, including The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (Princeton). He was finance and economics editor at The Economist and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Obres de Marc Levinson
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2006) 966 exemplars
An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy (2015) 67 exemplars
The Economist Guide To Financial Markets 7th Edition: Why they exist and how they work (2018) 6 exemplars
Mercados financieros guía detallada de cómo funcionan, quiénes participan y los factores que influyen en ellos (2005) 1 exemplars
Guia dos Mercados Financeiros 1 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1953-07-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Professions
- journalist
economist
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The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World… de Marc Levinson
Who knew a book about shipping containers could be so interesting?
Dense but fascinating look inside the rise and fall of A&P—which can be framed as a predecessor to Walmart in terms of business model and market tactics. A rich history of changes in grocery retail and anti-trust legislation.
The main disappointment with this book was that, despite the title, there wasn't as much attention paid to the actual experiences of merchants, independent grocers, and wholesalers that lost their way of life due to the proliferation of chainstores.
The main disappointment with this book was that, despite the title, there wasn't as much attention paid to the actual experiences of merchants, independent grocers, and wholesalers that lost their way of life due to the proliferation of chainstores.
FYI, 58% of this book is the book, the rest is notes, bibliography, and index. I checked it out from my library, yay libraries!
Although the author goes into the kind of detail my brain will never retain, and although I did skim and even skip several chapters because of that, I did get the sort of overall understanding I was looking for, so that's a win. I'd thought the process from breakbulk shipping to streamlining in large containers was less fraught than it turned out to have been. Well, humans will human; we want prosperity, but we get in each other's and our own way more often than not.… (més)
Although the author goes into the kind of detail my brain will never retain, and although I did skim and even skip several chapters because of that, I did get the sort of overall understanding I was looking for, so that's a win. I'd thought the process from breakbulk shipping to streamlining in large containers was less fraught than it turned out to have been. Well, humans will human; we want prosperity, but we get in each other's and our own way more often than not.… (més)
A really good history and a quick read but leaves you wanting so much more of the details especially outside of the USA and Europe.
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- 11
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- Popularitat
- #18,577
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 43
- ISBN
- 60
- Llengües
- 4