SWIFT-Network

Beyond the Flat World - Part 2: Shipping Containers, Satellites, and SWIFT: The Paradoxical Technology That Made Neighbors Stronger Than Distant Partners

27 February 2020·1354 words·7 mins

History and Critical Analysis Shipping-Containers Fiber-Optics SWIFT-Network Global-Value-Chains Economic-Geography Trade and Supply Chains

How the very technologies designed to shrink the globe—containers, digital networks, and electronic banking—paradoxically reinforced local and regional economic alliances.

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