World for Sale
by Javier Blas, Jack Farchy · first published 2021
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"The World for Sale" by Javier Blas and Farchy, 2021, is also an interesting read. The 200 pages of the book deal not directly with financial crimes, but rather are a deep dive into the 70-year history of the shady world…
on “Books to read to understand financial crime” ↗…Existentially Challenged by Yahtzee Croshow, a lot of magic comedy. The Price of Time by Chancellor, about how the current financial everything bubble came to exist and how it's always the same story. The World for Sale by Blas, about the history of commodities traders in the past century. Chaos by O'Neill, 20 year investigation about Manson murders finds ties to government agencies. I read about 10 other books but…
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗Have you read up about the world of commodity trading at all? I imagine you’d be interested in the book The World for Sale if you haven’t already read it. Interesting combination of market structure, fraud and geopolitics.
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