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It's a studiously apolitical book but Marc Levinson's THE BOX (2016), a detailed history of containerized shipping, is a really great way to understand how the global supply chain works - and how terrifyingly precarious it is.
Those store shelves could be empty a *lot* more quickly than many people think.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170817/the-box?srsltid=AfmBOoqXsS0CLVSoje_8d4RVV7xiLFh... ...
"There's more to life than being able to buy cheap garbage," sagely intones your friend from high school who became homicidally angry and had a complete mental breakdown from which he has never recovered because he couldn't go to big box stores and chain restaurants for 3 weeks in 2020. ...
Sam says:
I kind of hate football, but I love both the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl. It's my understanding that the Super Bowl is the Great American Party.
Take care, and have a blast! I'm happy for you (and I'm cheering for the Cardinals too).
j says:
First a black president, and now THIS???
Jeff says:
Wait for the Royals to win the World Series this year, then I'll be floored.
dbsmall says:
I won my Last-man-standing pool this year. I picked Arizona in week 2.
I had no idea, or expectation, they'd make it this far. Almost sent you in an offer to bet on this playoff game. (The letter would have started "how can you win a playoff game without defense?")
Congrats.
My Raiders aren't faring nearly as well. But, then, Al Davis is still being listened to.
Patti says:
Yes j, it's a world gone mad. If the Cubs win the World Series in 2009 as well, can the apocalypse be too far behind?