The World for Sale - Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources

'Gripping' Economist<BR> 'Jaw-dropping' Sunday Times<BR> 'Riveting' Financial Times<BR> 'Fascinating' Reuters<BR><BR>We are entering an age of energy crises and food shortages. This book reveals why.<BR><BR>Meet the swashbuckling traders who supply the world with energy, food and metal.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>These are the commodity traders. You've probably never heard of them. But, like it or not, you're one of their customers.<BR><BR>*Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year*<BR>*Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award*<BR> <BR> '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' Sunday Times<BR><BR> 'A globe-spanning corporate thriller, full of intrigue and double dealing . . . Changes how we see the world, often in horrifying ways' Spectator<BR><BR> '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' Financial Times<BR><BR> 'Some of the stories could be straight out of John le Carré. The difference is they're true' Andrew Neil