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#61 Malcom McLean: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
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The Unwitting Financier of McLean Trucking
McLean trucking bought or leased routes and at least 10 different transactions between 1946 and 1954. Veterans of the war were eligible for cheap government loans to set themselves up as independent truckers. McLean encouraged veterans to become owner operators, what that means is they drive the truck and they own it.
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