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Reporting from the Front Lines of the Global Economy
For more than three decades, Peter S. Goodman has reported from around the world on globalization, trade, the refashioning of supply chains, widening inequality, and geopolitical conflict, while placing the experiences of ordinary people at the center of the story.

Recent Reporting

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Somalia

Disruptions from war in the Middle East and cuts to international aid are intensifying hunger in the world's most vulnerable places.

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    Phoenix

    The challenges of constructing computer chip factories in Arizona highlight the complexities of returning production to American shores.

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      Nigeria

      As automakers tout a green future, recycling traditional lead batteries is poisoning communities in West Africa. Our prize-winning investigation.

        Books

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        How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain
        A journey through the fragile systems connecting factories to customers. 

        Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World
        How global elites shaped inequality and undermined democracy.

        Past Due: The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy
        A deeply reported, human account of the Great Recession and financial crisis.

        Media

        Selected conversations on globalization, trade, inequality and the interface of geopolitics and the world economy.

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        The Daily Show, on the Great Supply Chain Disruption

        Fresh Air, on the unseen army delivering our packages

        The Daily, on the rise of monopoly power in US food supply

        About Peter S. Goodman

        Peter S. Goodman is the award-winning Global Economics Correspondent for The New York Times and the author of How the World Ran Out of Everything, Davos Man, and Past Due. For more than three decades, he has reported from around the world on globalization, trade, inequality and geopolitical conflict.

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        Contact

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