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02206aam a2200313Mi 4500 001 C635B470673211EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231010010145 008 191027s2020 enkbd e b 001 0 eng 020 $a 0190078952 020 $a 9780190078959 035 $a (OCoLC)1241726523 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d JAS $d UIB $d SILO 082 04 $a 332.63/28 $2 23 100 1 $a Blas, Javier, $e author. 245 14 $a The world for sale : $b money, power and the traders who barter the Earth's resources / $c Javier Blas and Jack Farchy. 264 1 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2020. 300 $a v, 410 pages : $b maps, charts ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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 come from. But we should. In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the economy: the workings of 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 centres. And it is the story of how some traders acquired untold political power, right under the noses of Western regulators and politicians - helping Saddam Hussein to sell his oil, fuelling the Libyan rebel army during the Arab Spring, and funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin's Kremlin in spite of strict sanctions. 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. 650 0 $a Commodity trading advisors. 650 0 $a Brokers. 650 0 $a Commodity futures. 650 0 $a Commodity exchanges. 700 1 $a Farchy, Jack, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021451.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C635B470673211EEBF3E118F48ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b UIBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search