Our BOOK vs. the global supply chain
Planet Money
- Published
- March 26, 2026
- Duration
- 46:30
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 10, 2026
Discusses When you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words…
Summary
When you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than the physical form of the book itself. But content and the form are both crucial to a book’s success. Each book you pull off the shelf, is the product of thousands of decisions, big and small, tying together vast supply chains and ar…
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When you come across a book at a yard sale or a bookstore, you might pay more attention to the words between the covers than the physical form of the book itself. But content and the form are both crucial to a book’s success. Each book you pull off the shelf, is the product of thousands of decisions, big and small, tying together vast supply chains and armies of workers from around the world. On today’s episode, the second episode in our series: Planet Money sets out to actually write, design, a