Beyond the Flat World - Part 7: Competing in the Regionalized World: Why Isolation Breeds Stagnation and Partnerships Promise Prosperity3 March 2020·940 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis USMCA Regional-Advantage Isolationism Standards-Setting Infrastructure Akron Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 6: The Next Battleground: How 5G, Robots, and Digital Consumers Are Deepening Regional Economic Advantage2 March 2020·1086 words·6 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Smart-Manufacturing Industrial Policy 5G-Network Middle-Class-Asia Regional-Advantage Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 5: The Reluctant Triangle: Why NAFTA Couldn't Fully Integrate the U.S., Canada, and Mexico1 March 2020·1113 words·6 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Trade-Agreements Supply-Chains-North-America China-Shock Border-Security Auto-Alley Trade-Disputes Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 4: Factory Asia: The Invisible Supply Chains Built by Flying Geese, Conglomerates, and Cash (Not Handshakes)29 February 2020·1164 words·6 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Flying-Geese Japan China-Rise Asian-Tigers Keiretsu FDI Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 3: From Coal to Currency: How Europe Engineered a $17 Trillion Neighborhood Economy Through Treaties and Trust28 February 2020·1036 words·5 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Treaty-of-Rome Single-European-Act Euro Brexit Regional-Integration Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 2: Shipping Containers, Satellites, and SWIFT: The Paradoxical Technology That Made Neighbors Stronger Than Distant Partners27 February 2020·1354 words·7 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Shipping-Containers Fiber-Optics SWIFT-Network Global-Value-Chains Economic-Geography Trade and Supply Chains
Beyond the Flat World - Part 1: The Hidden Geography of Commerce: Why Globalization Is a Myth and Regionalism Is the Reality26 February 2020·1360 words·7 minsHistory and Critical Analysis Trade-Wars Supply Chains Economic-Hubs NAFTA European-Union Asia-Manufacturing Trade and Supply Chains
