End of the Road

“If you want to dig beneath the official stories we’re told about ‘the supply chain crisis’ and understand the subterranean forces driving the economy of North America, you can do no better than read Gord Magill’s End of the Road. In the tradition of working-class intellectuals such as Eric Hoffer and Harry Braverman, Magill describes our economy from the vantage of the truckers who keep it running. The picture that emerges, as Magill peels away layers of bullshit with acidic humor, is not a pretty one. In particular, this book shines a light on the political and corporate corruption that both drives, and is massively exacerbated by, mass immigration. This may be the most enraging book you have ever read. It will certainly be one of the most illuminating.”—Matthew B. Crawford, author, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road
“End of the Road tells the story of truck drivers in a clear, honest way that is often missing from public debates. Gord Magill explains how many truckers feel pushed aside by bad rules, poor training standards, and policies that value cheap labor over safety and experience. His message aligns with what OOIDA has said for years: there is no real driver shortage. There is a shortage of respect, fair pay, and common-sense safety rules. This book helps readers understand why professional truckers matter, why strong standards protect everyone on the road, and why listening to drivers themselves is essential to fixing the system.”—Lewie Pugh, trucker and OOIDA Executive Vice President
“We have almost no overlap between the people who do essential work and the people who write and talk about it. Gord Magill is the invaluable exception, able not only to bring the trucker’s job to life, but also to analyze and explain the collision at the economy’s front lines between workers and policymakers. We need dozens of books like End of the Road, but for now we should be grateful for the opportunity to read this one.”—Oren Cass, founder and chief economist, American Compass
“Gord Magill’s End of the Road is an intimate and empathetic portrait of the American truck driver and a professional class under siege. With his rich reporting and characteristically sharp wit, Magill celebrates the independence and free-spiritedness that once made the trucker a darling of popular culture, while exposing the malign political and bureaucratic forces that conspire to degrade both work and worker. In a much larger story about how our economy does and doesn’t work, he makes visible the men and women who quietly labor to keep food on our tables and fuel in our tanks. A bold and urgent read, this is an invitation to imagine a more human and humane future.”—Farahn Morgan, County Highway