Is that ship still stuck?

Sort of?

It was very stuck for 5 days, 18 hours and 17 minutes. It's been floating a bit for 15 minutes.
It has cost us $55 billion, so far...

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Some good books on the topic

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The Box - Marc Levinson
How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller

The Citizen Kane of books about shipping.

Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall
Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need To Know About Global Politics

How do things like shipping lanes affect who goes to war with whom?

A Splendid Exchange - William Bernstein
How Trade Shaped the World

A lot more historical, with a focus on how trade and globalisation has always existed in some form.

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