{"product_id":"the-world-for-sale-money-power-and-the-traders-who-barter-the-earths-resources","title":"The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;'Gripping' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Economist\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'Jaw-dropping' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sunday Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'Riveting' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Financial Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'Fascinating' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Reuters\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;We are entering an age of energy crises and food shortages. This book reveals why.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Meet the swashbuckling traders who supply the world with energy, food and metal.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Their goal: To make billions by buying and selling raw materials - flogging Russian gas to Europe, Saudi oil to America and Congolese metals to Silicon Valley.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Their methods: Whatever it takes - whether funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin's sanction-stricken Kremlin, schmoozing Russian metal oligarchs after the collapse of the Soviet Union, or striking deals with the Libyan rebels at the height of the Arab Spring.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;These are the commodity traders. You've probably never heard of them. But, like it or not, you're one of their customers.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;*\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Financial Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Economist\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; Book of the Year*\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;*Shortlisted for the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Financial Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; \u0026amp; McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award*\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'Shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group . . . Remarkable . . . As the authors roam from oilfield to wheatfield, they reveal information so staggering you almost gasp' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sunday Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'A globe-spanning corporate thriller, full of intrigue and double dealing . . . Changes how we see the world, often in horrifying ways' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Spectator\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'A rich archive of ripping yarns . . . 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' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Financial Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt; 'Some of the stories could be straight out of John le Carre. The difference is they're true' \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Andrew Neil\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 416 pages | Published March 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966593515869,"sku":"9781847942678","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781847942678.jpg?v=1783132804","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-world-for-sale-money-power-and-the-traders-who-barter-the-earths-resources","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}