{"product_id":"the-world-for-sale-money-power-and-the-traders-who-barter-the-earth-s-resources","title":"The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources","description":"\u003cp\u003eGripping'  Economist\u003cbr\u003e\n'Jaw-dropping'  Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'Riveting'  Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'Fascinating'  Reuters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the  Financial Times \u0026amp;  McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003e\nFinancial Times  and  Economist  Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe rarely stop to consider where they come from. But we should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n__________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This jaw-dropping study shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group . . . A remarkable book . . . As the authors roam from oilfield to wheatfield, they reveal information so staggering you almost gasp.'  SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Rollicking yarns from the biggest ever commodity boom . . . The high level narrative is gripping enough. But it is the details of what these freewheeling companies actually got up to that give the book a thriller-like quality . . . Educational and entertaining.'  FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating and revealing story . . . There are tales in the book of breathtaking trades, such as shipments of rebel oil from war-torn Libya or deals bartered amid the brutal \"aluminium wars\" in the Russia of the 1990s.'  ECONOMIST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A globe-spanning corporate thriller, full of intrigue and double dealing . . . Changes how we see the world, often in horrifying ways . . . New insights and reporting mean that even seasoned observers will be amazed.'  SPECTATOR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Javier Blas and Jack Farchy should be awaiting the call from Hollywood.  The World for Sale  contains at least half a dozen narrative threads that would form the basis of a good thriller. But the authors' main achievement is to subject the biggest commodity players, and their impact on the real world, to proper critical scrutiny.'  REUTERS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Blas and Farchy shine light on what's long been the financial markets' darkest corner - the crucial, yet underappreciated, role commodity traders play in global finance and geopolitics . . .  The World For Sale  is a fascinating, eye-opening read.'  GREGORY ZUCKERMAN, author of  The Man Who Solved the Market\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The definitive, eye-opening story of the most powerful and secretive traders in the world.'  BRADLEY HOPE, co-author of  Billion Dollar Whale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'If you have the slightest interest in how the modern world was made, by whom, at what price, and at what profit, this is the book for you . . . Superbly researched.'  FOREIGN POLICY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Javier Blas and Jack Farchy deftly peel back the curtain on the amoral swashbucklers of capitalism who trade in commodities . . .  The World for Sale  is a gripping account of how they achieved their stranglehold over the world economy, and their troubling influence on global politics.'  BRAD STONE, author of  The Everything Store\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Some of the stories could be straight out of John Le Carré. The difference is they're true . . . Fascinating.'  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