具体描述
The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones.
We rarely stop to consider where they have come from. But we should.
In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the world economy: the workings of 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 centres.
And it is the story of how some traders acquired untold political power, right under the noses of western regulators and politicians - helping Saddam Hussein to sell his oil, fuelling the Libyan rebel army during the Arab Spring, and funnelling cash to Vladimir Putin's Kremlin in spite of western
sanctions.
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.
用户评价
##写得很好，按时间顺序挑选有重大意义的事件精写，虽然一个个事件独立，一会儿非洲，一会儿苏联解体，一会儿中国腾飞，一会儿中东，但前后有因果关系，串得到一起。非常喜欢其中两章讲述两代交易商如何站在时代潮头“年轻有为、挥斥方遒、杀伐决断、刀口舔血”的故事，也看得出，要赚钱，就要把自己身上的人味儿去掉，什么时候人味儿去干净了，什么时候就成巨富了，不仅是对别人，也是对自己，不要里子不要面子只看得见钱、机会、生意，才能成巨富。虽然他们这几代马塞马拉草原上狮子家族般野蛮残酷的交易商的高光时刻已经过去了，但野蛮残酷的商机和行当永远会有。
评分##冷门选题领域，较丰富资料，一些洞见。
评分##It’s intriguing, probably the best book I read about the merchandise trader.It’s like a black hole everyone knows it, the enormous profits but no one actually speak about it or even talk about openly, it’s the secrecy make me more attracted into the story.The Ukrainian thing, the oils and grains , definitely repeat again and make reach new pinnacle
评分##过于冗长乏味
评分##A very good story book about commodity trading and traders.
评分##过于冗长乏味
评分##It’s intriguing, probably the best book I read about the merchandise trader.It’s like a black hole everyone knows it, the enormous profits but no one actually speak about it or even talk about openly, it’s the secrecy make me more attracted into the story.The Ukrainian thing, the oils and grains , definitely repeat again and make reach new pinnacle
评分##A very good account of trading business
评分Okish introduction, but lack of indepth understanding. Michael Lewis' work is better?
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