{"product_id":"the-world-for-sale-lead-title","title":"The World For Sale (Lead Title)","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Gripping' Economist\u003cbr\u003e\n'Jaw-dropping' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'Riveting' Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'Fascinating' Reuters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are entering an age of energy crises and food shortages. This book reveals why.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet the swashbuckling traders who supply the world with energy, food and metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the commodity traders. You've probably never heard of them. But, like it or not, you're one of their customers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year*\u003cbr\u003e\n*Shortlisted for the Financial Times \u0026amp; McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A globe-spanning corporate thriller, full of intrigue and double dealing . . . Changes how we see the world, often in horrifying ways' Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Some of the stories could be straight out of John le Carré. The difference is they're true' Andrew Neil\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45073937891507,"sku":"9781847942678","price":560.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/41qFqr41kPL.jpg?v=1762884503","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-world-for-sale-lead-title","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}