Trade and Supply Chains
The Networks of Ascent: How Connectivity Forged the Modern World
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How connectivity has shaped the modern world, from Roman roads to the internet.
Beyond the Flat World - Part 7: Competing in the Regionalized World: Why Isolation Breeds Stagnation and Partnerships Promise Prosperity
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The structural forces favoring regionalism offer the U.S. a clear choice: embrace deeper North American ties or risk stagnation in a competitive, automated world.
Beyond the Flat World - Part 6: The Next Battleground: How 5G, Robots, and Digital Consumers Are Deepening Regional Economic Advantage
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Analyzing the structural shifts—automation, demographics, and geopolitics—that are making regional economic hubs even more dominant in the future of commerce.
Beyond the Flat World - Part 5: The Reluctant Triangle: Why NAFTA Couldn't Fully Integrate the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
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Why North American economic integration, spurred by NAFTA, remained the shallowest of the three global hubs due to political reluctance and external shocks.
Beyond the Flat World - Part 4: Factory Asia: The Invisible Supply Chains Built by Flying Geese, Conglomerates, and Cash (Not Handshakes)
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How Asia's deep economic integration was achieved not through treaties and diplomacy, but through corporate investment, shared technology, and business-led supply chains.
Beyond the Flat World - Part 3: From Coal to Currency: How Europe Engineered a $17 Trillion Neighborhood Economy Through Treaties and Trust
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How Europe leveraged a continuous stream of treaties and diplomacy to build the world's most integrated and powerful economic hub.