Ninety percent of everything: inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate
"On ship-tracking Web sites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy, and so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without...
Main Author: | George, Rose |
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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New York
2014
Picador |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19102212124919204949-Ninety-percent-of-everything-i.htm |
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