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Gamechangers: Thinking inside the box

Economist Podcasts
Economist Podcasts
Episode • Sep 13, 2021 • 37m

The notion of shipping things in standardised boxes seems obvious in retrospect, so why did shipping containers take so long to emerge? Host Tom Standage finds out how difficult it was for this simple idea to take off. He talks to shipping experts and economists about the container’s far-reaching impact on the global economy—creating both winners and losers.


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