Welcome to the inner workings of the global economy. I’m Lori Ann LaRocco, and I’ve spent my career tracking the invisible threads that connect a factory floor in Southeast Asia to the shelf at your local grocery store.
Whether you know me from my reporting on CNBC, MSNow, my deep dive maritime data analysis on NBC Nightly News, FreightWaves or GCaptain, or through my books on business and trade, you know I don’t just report on the “what”—I focus on the “why” and the “what’s next.”
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