How containerization shaped the modern world - Sir Harold Evans
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Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean, a small-town truck driver, to invent the shipping container. Containerization was born, and it transformed the modern global economy.
The video concludes by crediting containerization with “shrinking our world and enlarging human choice.” “Human choice” might mean consumer choice—that is, expanding the range of products available for people to buy—but what other kinds of “human choice” does globalization enlarge?
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