{"product_id":"how-the-world-ran-out-of-everything-inside-the-global-supply-chain-by-peter-s-goodman-trade-paperback","title":"How The World Ran Out Of Everything: Inside The Global Supply Chain by Peter S. 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How do its largest companies spend billions of dollars making\u003cbr\u003e\ncars that no one can drive for a lack of chips?\u003cbr\u003e\nThe last few years have radically highlighted the intricacy and fragility of the global\u003cbr\u003e\nsupply chain. Enormous ships were stuck at sea, warehouses overflowed, and delivery\u003cbr\u003e\ntrucks stalled. The result was a scarcity of everything from breakfast cereal to medical\u003cbr\u003e\ndevices, from frivolous goods to lifesaving necessities. And while the scale of the\u003cbr\u003e\npandemic shock was unprecedented, it underscored the troubling reality that this\u003cbr\u003e\nsystem built on Just in Time principles was fundamentally at risk of descending into\u003cbr\u003e\nchaos all along. And it still is. Sabotaged by financial interests, a loss of transparency\u003cbr\u003e\nin markets, and worsening working conditions for the people tasked with keeping the\u003cbr\u003e\ngears turning, our global supply chain has become perpetually on the brink of collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn How the World Ran Out of Everything, award-winning journalist Peter S. Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\nreveals the fascinating innerworkings of our supply chain and the factors that have led\u003cbr\u003e\nto its constant, dangerous vulnerability. His reporting takes readers deep into the\u003cbr\u003e\nelaborate system, showcasing the triumphs and struggles of the human players who\u003cbr\u003e\noperate it—from factories in Asia and an almond grower in Northern California, to a\u003cbr\u003e\ngroup of striking railroad workers in Texas, to a truck driver who Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\naccompanies across hundreds of miles of the Great Plains. Through their stories,\u003cbr\u003e\nGoodman weaves a powerful argument for reforming a supply chain to become truly\u003cbr\u003e\nreliable and resilient, demanding a radical redrawing of the bargain between labor and\u003cbr\u003e\nshareholder interests, and deeper attention paid to how we get the things we need.\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom one of the most respected voices in economic journalism working today, How the\u003cbr\u003e\nWorld Ran Out of Everything is a fiercely smart, deeply informative look at how our\u003cbr\u003e\nsupply chain operates, and why its reform is crucial—not only to avoid dysfunction in\u003cbr\u003e\nour day to day lives, but to protect the fate of our global fortunes. \u003cbr\u003e\nThis riveting work of economic journalism breaks down the complexities of modern\u003cbr\u003e\nglobalization and reveals:\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Just in Time Fallacy: Discover how a sensible manufacturing philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\nwas twisted to prioritize shareholder interests over resilience, setting the stage\u003cbr\u003e\nfor global shortages and widespread inflation.\u003cbr\u003e\nHuman Cost of Efficiency: Journey from factories in Asia to the highways of\u003cbr\u003e\nthe Great Plains and meet the human players—from truck drivers to railroad\u003cbr\u003e\nworkers—exploited to keep the gears of commerce turning.\u003cbr\u003e\nMonopoly Power and Price Hikes: Investigate how decades of deregulation\u003cbr\u003e\nallowed a few monopolistic companies to dominate key industries, engineering\u003cbr\u003e\nscarcity to boost profits during a worldwide catastrophe.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Future of the Supply Chain: Explore the urgent arguments for reforming\u003cbr\u003e\nthe system through reshoring and nearshoring to build a more reliable and\u003cbr\u003e\nresilient network for the things we need\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins Publishers (US)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67111040155763,"sku":"9780063257955","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1041\/4963\/files\/9780063257955.webp?v=1793842138","url":"https:\/\/nationalbookstore.com\/products\/how-the-world-ran-out-of-everything-inside-the-global-supply-chain-by-peter-s-goodman-trade-paperback","provider":"National Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}