Episode · a16z Podcast · 2017-07-11
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: The Golden Era of Productivity, Retail, and Supply Chains
This episode of the a16z Podcast takes us on a quick tour through the themes of economics/historian/journalist Marc Levinson's books -- from An Extraordinary Time, on the end of the postwar boom and t
Marc Levinson discussed An Extraordinary Time by Marc Levinson. Sonal Chokshi discussed The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by Marc Levinson and The Box by Marc Levinson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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An Extraordinary Time
Discussed“I argue in an extraordinary time that actually this was what was behind the political swing to the right in the late 1970s early 1980s when we got Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan”
Where to get it
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The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
Discussed“so does it remind you at all of the sort of death of the supermarket that you talked about in the great a in your book the great A&P”
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The Box
The Box by Marc Levinson is a comprehensive non-fiction account detailing the invention, rollout, and revolutionary economic impact of the intermodal shipping container.
Discussed“so let's talk about the box which is all about logistics and infrastructure in the form of container shipping you chose one very specific thing in the box to talk about it had this massive effect on a global economy”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Box
“our guest is economist historian and journalist who was last at the Economist Mark Levinson the author of the beloved book the box which is about how the shipping container made the world smaller an economy bigger”
Passing An Extraordinary Time
“this hallway stall conversation is actually a quick tour through all his books starting from his most recent one an extraordinary time where we touch briefly on the topic of the Golden Age of productivity”
“beyond to the topic of the death of retail and his book the great anp2 finally wrapping up on logistics transportation infrastructure supply chains”
Passing The Innovator's Dilemma
“yes innovators dilemma classic good real estate case”