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Today's global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever Given fiasco illustrates

  • Written by Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Today's global economy runs on standardized shipping containers, as the Ever Given fiasco illustratesBeachgoers near Cairo watch a massive container ship sail to the Red Sea.AP Photo/Amr Nabil

Take a look around you.

Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods – as well as your smartphone, refrigerator and...

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