“The container is at the core of a highly automated system for moving goods from anywhere, to anywhere, with a minimum of cost and complication on the way. The container made shipping cheap, and by doing so changed the shape… — Marc Levinson Copy Share Image
“Competition is often conflated with capitalism, but they are not at all the same. Capitalism involves private ownership of the means of production and distribution, but the word implies nothing about the way in which privately owned firms do business. Capitalism is perfectly compatible with a society in which a powerful state doles out favors to private monopolies, protects some… — Marc Levinson Copy Share
“In 1961, before the container was in international use, ocean freight costs alone accounted for 12 percent of the value of U.S. exports and… — Marc Levinson Copy Share Image
“The container is at the core of a highly automated system for moving goods from anywhere, to anywhere, with a minimum of cost and… — Marc Levinson Copy Share Image
“By far the biggest expense in this process was shifting the cargo from land transport to ship at the port of departure and moving… — Marc Levinson Copy Share Image
