Culture | Stuck in the middle with you
The problems with complex supply chains
In a new book Kathryn Judge lays out her criticisms of the “middleman economy”
Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source. By Kathryn Judge. Harper Business; 304 pages; $29.99 and £22
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