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Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
An Economist Book of the Year The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. The World for Sale lifts the lid on one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets, enabling an enormous expansion in international trade and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centers. The result is an eye-opening tour through the wildest frontiers of the global economy, as well as a revelatory guide to how capitalism really works.
Author: Javier Blas, Jack Farchy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/21/2022
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780197651537
ISBN10: 0197651534
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | International | General
- Political Science | General
- Business & Economics | Investments & Securities | Commodities | Energy
An Economist Book of the Year The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. The World for Sale lifts the lid on one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets, enabling an enormous expansion in international trade and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centers. The result is an eye-opening tour through the wildest frontiers of the global economy, as well as a revelatory guide to how capitalism really works.
Author: Javier Blas, Jack Farchy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/21/2022
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780197651537
ISBN10: 0197651534
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | International | General
- Political Science | General
- Business & Economics | Investments & Securities | Commodities | Energy
About the Author
Javier Blas and Jack Farchy are two of the world's best-known journalists covering energy, commodities, and trading houses. They both work for Bloomberg, where Blas is a columnist specializing in energy and commodities and Farchy is a senior reporter covering natural resources. The World for Sale is their first book.