Pablo Escobar was a logistics guy — Ryan Petersen

from Relentless · host Ti Morse

Ryan Petersen is the Founder and CEO of Flexport.Timestamps:0:03 Pablo Escobar was a logistics guy2:29 The explosion in tariff fraud 8:58 The Dutch East India Company11:20 History of global trade14:39 1,000x spice markup17:53 The British East India Company24:02 How the British got 20% of China addicted to opium27:44 The Forbes family & opium trade30:40 Jewish trading networks37:33 It’s illegal to criticize the King of Thailand38:58 Strait of Hormuz45:58 Maritime chokepoints

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