How the World Ran out of Everything

     Recently I read a nonfiction book about a new book that came out in 2024 called How the World Ran out of Everything. This is a book about the supply chain and how the year 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic affected it.  

 

    The author Peter Goodman talks about the many sections and goes into the details of the supply chain including international shipping, ports, trucking, railroading, manufacturing, and the role of large corporations.  

 

    On top of talking about the supply chain issues and the different sections, Goodman writes about how he feels this could have been avoided. Goodman spent part of the book arguing that the shipping and supply chain world focuses too much on short-term profits and minimizing inventory to reduce the risks. Instead of having low inventory Goodman argues that if more companies could increase their inventory, it would leave them less vulnerable to these sudden surges in demand.  

    I enjoyed reading this book as it increased
my knowledge of why everything that I ordered was taking forever and why prices were increasing and I recommend that you all check it out!

-jameson