Key Insights From:
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
By Rose George
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9 Minute Read
Published: Sep 9, 2014
Key Insights From:
Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
By Rose George
Audio Available |
9 Minute Read
Published: Sep 9, 2014
What You'll Learn:
From cat food to airbags to T-shirts and bananas, the vast majority of goods we buy, eat, wear, and regularly use sailed across far-flung oceans and seas before ending up in our living rooms and kitchens. For the most part, the shipping business sails under the radar, but this out-of-sight industry arguably underpins the global economic order.
Key Insights:
- The shipping industry touches just about every facet of our daily lives.
- Globalization would not have been possible without advances in the shipping industry.
- The Danish company Maersk exemplifies the strange paradox of a large-scale industry existing in relative obscurity.
- Life on board a cargo ship can be a grind.
- The ability to fly flags of convenience has been a boon for nation-states and shipping companies, but has created challenges for workers.
- The little press the shipping industry gets is usually negative.
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