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The Box: Containers & Globalization

How a trucker's steel box rewired the world economy: Malcom McLean's Ideal-X in 1956, slashing loading costs, standard sizes, the Vietnam War boost, ports that rose and died, and supply chains that made modern globalization possible.

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The Traveling Box: Levinson University of California Television (UCTV) · 56 min
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Prereqs: Trade & comparative advantage. Next: China's growth model; Chokepoints. Source: Marc Levinson, *The Box* (2006; 2nd ed. 2016); WSJ video; World Shipping Council.
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