The World for Sale

Outline

The World for Sale (2021) reveals the little-known world of commodity traders, the companies that buy, move, and sell much of the world’s oil, metals, and food. Javier Blas and Jack Farchy show how a handful of powerful firms grew rich by operating in difficult markets and sometimes working with controversial governments. The book explains how these traders shape global politics and the prices we all pay.

• Commodity traders are the companies that buy, move, and sell much of the world's oil, metals, and food.
• A handful of powerful trading firms grew rich by working in markets that others found difficult.
• To win business in hard markets, these firms have sometimes dealt with controversial governments.
• Commodity traders influence global politics as well as the prices that ordinary people pay.

Javier Blas and Jack Farchy are journalists who have spent years covering energy and commodities. Blas is a Spanish journalist and columnist for Bloomberg who writes about oil and energy markets. Farchy is a British journalist who has reported on commodities for Bloomberg and the Financial Times. The World for Sale is their first book together.