Marc Levinson

Mark Levinson is a historian, economist, financial journalist, and book author.

Biography
Levinson was finance and economics editor of The Economist. He worked for the bank that is now JP Morgan Chase, where he developed the company's environmental research for institutional investor clients. He was senior fellow for international business at the Council on Foreign Relations. He managed transportation and industry analysis for the U.S. Congress at the Congressional Research Service. In addition to writing frequently for The Wall Street Journal, he has contributed to Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, and Foreign Affairs. Levinson is frequently interviewed in the media such as CNN, BBC, PBS, etc.

Guide to Financial Markets
The Economist Guide to Financial Markets is for laypeople who want to understand how financial markets work, published by The Economist. As of 2024 it is the 7th edition.

The Box
A history of the shipping container. Joe Nocera included it in his list of "Best Business Books Ever", saying "Hard to believe you can write a great book about the rise and importance of the shipping container, but he pulled it off".

The Great A&P
The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America is a history of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, better known as A&P, an American chain of grocery stores that operated from 1859 to 2015.

An Extraordinary Time
An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy, recounts the global collapse of the postwar economy in the 1970s.

Outside the Box
Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas makes the case that due to demographic declines in developed countries the era of shipping goods is on the decline while the globalization of services is on the rise.

Works

 * The Economist Guide to Financial Markets
 * The Box: The World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger (2006)
 * An Extraordinary Time: The End of the Postwar Boom and the Return of the Ordinary Economy (2016)
 * The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, 2nd ed (2019)
 * Outside the Box: How Globalization Changed from Moving Stuff to Spreading Ideas (2020)

Awards

 * 2006 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award shortlist for The Box
 * 2007 Society for Nautical Research, Anderson Medal for The Box
 * 2007 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Bronze Medal for The Box