The World for Sale

Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
An Economist Book of the Year <p/>The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. <p/>We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should. <p/>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.