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World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
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Title: World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
Author: Javier Blas
ISBN: 9780197651537
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher
Economics & Business 1559474
Publisher Description:
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
ISBN: 9780197651537
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: New
New from the publisher
Economics & Business 1559474
Publisher Description:
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.
