{"title":"Marc Levinson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Levinson\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the mechanics of global trade, economics, and finance. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Box\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the history and impact of container shipping, revealing the hidden forces shaping business and markets worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a clear and engaging style, Levinson's books serve as valuable guides for readers interested in financial markets and economic phenomena. 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It is also one of the most contentious issues of our time. While it may have made goods less expensive, it has also sent massive flows of money across borders and shaken the global balance of power. \u003ci\u003eOutside the Box\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh and lively history of globalization, showing how it has evolved over two centuries in response to changes in demography, technology, and consumer tastes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMarc Levinson, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Box\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of globalization through the people who eliminated barriers and pursued new ways of doing business. He shows how the nature of globalization changed dramatically in the 1980s with the creation of long-distance value chains. 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As companies began to account properly for the risks of globalization, cross-border investment fell sharply and foreign trade lagged, long before Donald Trump became president and the coronavirus disrupted business around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOutside the Box\u003c\/i\u003e, Levinson explains that globalization is entering a new era in which moving stuff will matter much less than moving services, information, and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Levinson deals lucidly with thorny matters of fiscal and trade policy, and though his book presupposes an interest in such things, it requires no background in economics to follow it. 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