{"product_id":"world-for-sale-money-power-and-the-traders-who-barter-the-earths-resources","title":"World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Financial Times \u0026amp; McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEconomist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe World for Sale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e div\u0026gt;\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50100538671389,"sku":"9780197651537","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9780197651537.jpg?v=1750797488","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/world-for-sale-money-power-and-the-traders-who-barter-the-earths-resources","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}