Globalisation and interconnected economies is a topic of keen interest to me both from my academic background and also from my position in international shipping. The container, along with advances in information technology co-evolving with advances in business organisation are perhaps more than any other combination of factors responsible for trade as we know it today -disaggregated supply chains and trade focused on tasks, not goods - a topic explored in detail later. Before going in depth about globalisation, security and economic wellbeing, a quote from one of my favourite authors will set the stage of this unique topic: Economies have become so interdependent due to advances in transportation and communication technology that actions in one country produce nearly instantaneous effects in many others. Consequently conflict between states is futile since damage to one economy necessarily translates into damage to others, including that of the aggressor.
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