Marc Levinson

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Marc Levinson is a historian, economist, financial journalist, and book author.

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Biography

Levinson worked for many years as a journalist, including as editorial director of The Journal of Commerce , then a daily newspaper; as a business writer at Newsweek magazine; and as finance and economics editor of The Economist . He worked for JP Morgan Chase, where he developed the company's environmental research for institutional investor clients. He was senior fellow for international business at the Council on Foreign Relations. He managed transportation and industry analysis for the U.S. Congress at the Congressional Research Service. In addition to writing frequently for The Wall Street Journal, he has contributed to Harvard Business Review , the New York Times , and Foreign Affairs . [1] Levinson is frequently interviewed in the media such as CNN, BBC, PBS, etc. [2]

Books

Guide to Financial Markets

The Economist Guide to Financial Markets is for laypeople who want to understand how financial markets work, published by The Economist. As of 2024 it is the 7th edition.

The Box

A history of the shipping container. [3] [4] Joe Nocera included it in his list of "Best Business Books Ever", saying "Hard to believe you can write a great book about the rise and importance of the shipping container, but he pulled it off". [5]

The Great A&P

The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America is a history of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, an American grocery chain that was the world's largest retailer from 1920 to 1962 and faced frequent attacks from politicians who accused it of destroying small businesses by selling food too cheaply. [6]

An Extraordinary Time

An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy, recounts the global collapse of the postwar economic boom in the 1970s and the adoption of free-market ideas in many countries as political leaders sought to restore rapid economic growth. [7] [8] [9]

Outside the Box

Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas makes the case that due to demographic declines in developed countries the era of shipping goods is on the decline while the globalization of services is on the rise. [10]

Works

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Levinson, Marc. "Biography". Marc Levinson Homepage. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  2. ↑ Levinson, Marc. "In the Media". Marc Levinson Homepage. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  3. ↑ Levinson, Marc (2016). The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-17081-7.
  4. ↑ Nocera, Joe (May 13, 2024). "A Revolution That Came in a Box". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-05-20.
  5. ↑ Nocera, Joe (July 17, 2008). "The Best Business Books Ever?". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  6. ↑ Garner, Dwight (September 6, 2011). "America's Grocery Behemoth". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  7. ↑ Sexauer, S.C.; Siegel, L.B. (2017). "The age of experts: a review of Marc Levinson's an extraordinary time". Bus Econ. 52: 268–271. doi:10.1057/s11369-017-0055-z.
  8. ↑ Pethokoukis, James (February 6, 2017). "Prospects for Growth". National Review . Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  9. ↑ Cook, E. (2020). "Review: An Extraordinary Time". Enterprise & Society . 21 (1): 291–293. doi:10.1017/eso.2019.5.
  10. ↑ Sahoo, S. (March 28, 2022). "Review: Outside the Box". WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs. 21: 111–113. doi:10.1007/s13437-022-00265-3.
  11. ↑ "Award shortlist announced 2006". Financial Times. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  12. ↑ "Awards". Society for Nautical Research.
  13. ↑ "Announcing 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results". Independent Publisher Book Awards. 2007. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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