HOW THE WORLD RAN OUT OF EVERYTHING Paperback

"How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain" by Peter S. Goodman is a timely and incisive work of investigative journalism that dissects the fragility and inherent flaws within our global supply chain, which became alarmingly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. Goodman, the global economics correspondent for The New York Times, meticulously reveals how decades of prioritizing "lean" manufacturing, cost-cutting, and shareholder profits over resilience and worker welfare led to a system perpetually on the brink of collapse. Through compelling narratives of real people—from factory workers in Asia to truck drivers in America—he exposes the human cost of this ruthless business logic, arguing that a radical reform is crucial to ensure a more reliable and equitable future for how we get the things we need.