Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas

Interesting insights to globalization – its history, present and possible futures. Levinson writes clearly with sufficient examples. A book to enhance knowledge from a well informed author.

Excellent overview of the various aspects of globalization (technology, containers, ship sizes, trade policies, foreign investment, value chains) from the 1950s up to the break out of the coronavirus in 2020. Well- researched and clearly written. This book deserves a wide audience.

I was hoping for more. More about services/the future and less about shipping material goods. This was the promise of the book summary. But, it wasn't until the last chapter that the author started to dive into this topics. What I would really like to see is a more speculative book about the the possible scenarios that we are likely to see in the next two or three decades in terms of trade - both physical and digital. Oh well, perhaps the author's next book will cover this...