Bigger Bust

This CNBC original documentary explores the elusive and controversial world of bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that sparked a global frenzy. Is it the future of finance, a bubble or worse? Anchor Melissa Lee follows a cast of captivating characters to find out. On one side are the staunch crypto evangelists, including a quirky bitcoin millionaire who lives in a treehouse "so he can put everything into crypto," an escort using bitcoin to transform the sex trade, a billionaire venture capitalist who says bitcoin "is bigger than the internet" and the controversial anarchist leading the "crypto revolution."

This book tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. It recounts how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur, Malcom McLean, turned containerization from an impractical idea into a massive industry that slashed the cost of transporting goods around the world and made the boom in global trade possible.