Javier Blas

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About Javier Blas

Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities, based in London. He previously was the chief energy correspondent at Bloomberg News, and wrote for the Financial Times and the Spanish business daily Expansion.

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The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources 1-Feb-2021

by Javier Blas, Jack Farchy

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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.

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The World for Sale: Geld, Macht und Geschäfte der globalen Rohstoffgiganten (German Edition) 1-Jun-2023

by Jack Farchy, Javier Blas

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Rohstoffhändler haben genau ein Ziel: Profit machen! Nebenbei haben sie aber auch noch enormen geopolitischen Einfluss. Mit ihren Deals können die milliardenschweren Multis Regierungen zu Fall bringen oder stützen. So finanzierten sie die Rebellen im libyschen Bürgerkrieg oder lieferten Öl an das Apartheidregime in Südafrika. Und doch ist die Rohstoffbranche einer der am wenigsten beleuchteten und regulierten Sektoren der Wirtschaft. In einer Mischung aus Branchenanalyse, Wirtschaftsgeschichte und Thriller bringen Javier Blas und Jack Farchy nun Licht ins Dunkel. Sie stellen die Key Player vor, erklären, wie die Rohstoffhändler so mächtig werden konnten, und lassen uns an einigen der unglaublichsten Deals der Branche teilhaben.

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