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Dyer, now 67 years old and for a decade a USC professor, is a cosmopolitan author whose output — fiction, nonfiction, both — has often spanned far-flung locales.

But in far-flung places such as Yosemite — with spotty internet and cell service, no instant Amazon delivery as well as few brick-and-mortar stores and pharmacies — they are a lifeline.

The industry, including the Port of Long Beach, transportation workers and far-flung warehouses, contributed nearly $300 billion in direct economic output and an estimated $93.3 billion in tax revenue in 2022, according to the report.

But some of the pieces manufactured by far-flung suppliers didn’t fit together.

Given their tendency to range widely, he said there’s no reason to assume they’ll stay put in far-flung areas.