Susan Zieger explains how logistics, originating in the slave trade and military strategy, evolved into a hidden but powerful system shaping global commerce, culture, and everyday life. The conversation highlights the human and environmental costs behind efficient supply chains and shows how logisti…

Susan Zieger, the author of Logistics and Power, joins the Futurists to share her insight about global trade and control. Global trade and logistics requires a hierarchy of control to ensure timely, reliable delivery. That’s why power is an emergent principle of the global supply chain. For Zieger,…