Marc Levinson: 3 books
The Box
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of...
An Extraordinary Time
The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The decades after World War II were a golden age across much of the world. It was a time of economic miracles, an era when steady jobs were easy to find and families could see their living standards improving year after year. And then, around 1973, the good times vanished. The world economy slumped...
The Economist Guide to Financial Markets (6th Ed)
Why they exist and how they work
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Extensively revised and updated following the fallout from the global financial crisis, the 6th edition of this highly regarded book brings the reader right up to speed with the latest financial market developments, and provides a clear and incisive guide to a complex world that even those who work...