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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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Revolutionary Approach to Moving Freight

The United States painful campaign in Vietnam proved the merit of a revolutionary approach to moving freight, which is crucial for an economy relying on building and transporting goods across different places. Applying efficiencies to the massive industry of freight not only made McLean wealthy but also mirrors the concept of passing on savings from index funds, as discussed in John Vogel's books.

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