The Crash That Shut Down the Global Economy, Explained
Season 49
Episode 8
About the Episode
How could one ship shut down the global economy? An investigator shows why the Ever Given crashed into the bank of the Suez Canal, while the Cosco Galaxy—which passed through the waterway on the same day—did not.
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