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Mark Levinson is a historian, economist, financial journalist, and book author.
Biography[edit]
Levinson was finance and economics editor of The Economist. He worked for the bank that is now JP Morgan Chase, where he developed the company's environmental research for institutional investor clients. He was senior fellow for international business at the Council on Foreign Relations. He managed transportation and industry analysis for the U.S. Congress at the Congressional Research Service. In addition to writing frequently for The Wall Street Journal, he has contributed to Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, and Foreign Affairs.[1] Levinson is frequently interviewed in the media such as CNN, BBC, PBS, etc.[2]
Books[edit]
The Box[edit]
A history of the shipping container.[3][4] Joe Nocera included it in his list of "Best Business Books Ever", saying "Hard to believe you can write a great book about the rise and importance of the shipping container, but he pulled it off".[5]
The Great A&P[edit]
The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America is a history of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015.[6]
Works[edit]
- The Economist Guide to Financial Markets
- The Box: The World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2006)
- An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy (2016)
- The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, 2nd ed (2019)
- Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas (2020)
Awards[edit]
- 2006 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award shortlist for The Box[7]
- 2006 Businessweek's Best Business Books for The Box
- 2007 Winner of the 2007 Bronze Award in Finance/Investment/Economics Independent Publisher for The Box
- 2013 Financial Times Best Business Books
References[edit]
- ^ Levinson, Marc. "Biography". Marc Levinson Homepage. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Levinson, Marc. "In the Media". Marc Levinson Homepage. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Levinson, Marc (2016). The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-17081-7.
- ^ Nocera, Joe (May 13, 2024). "A Revolution That Came in a Box". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ Nocera, Joe (July 17, 2008). "The Best Business Books Ever?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (September 6, 2011). "America's Grocery Behemoth". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ "Award shortlist announced 2006". Financial Times. 18 September 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
External links[edit]
- Marc Levinson, homepage