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Javier Blas and Jack Farchy
The World for Sale
Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
Oxford UP, 2021
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Commodity traders are the global economy’s “last swashbucklers” – but the world is changing.
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Commodity traders buy and sell the basic resources that nearly everyone in the world needs: oil, metals and grains, among others. They are known for making deals in parts of the globe where no one else could or would – taking massive risks, making vast fortunes and influencing the course of geopolitics. In this entertaining and informative book, shortlisted by The Financial Times as one of the best of 2021, financial journalists Javier Blas and Jack Farchy delve into the often-daring history of this little-known sector of the financial industry to tell the tales of its colorful traders.
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About the Authors
Javier Blas is Bloomberg’s chief energy correspondent. Jack Farchy is a senior reporter on energy and commodities at Bloomberg.
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