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The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
The New Merchants of Grain: Out of the Shadows
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
Commodity Conversations: An Introduction to Trading in Agricultural Commodities
Oil 101
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply
Metal Men: How Marc Rich Defrauded the Country, Evaded the Law, and Became the World's Most Sought-After Corporate Criminal
Salt: A World History
Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
Empire of Cotton: A Global History
The Secret Club That Runs the World: Inside the Fraternity of Commodities Traders
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Salt by Mark KurlanskyBanana by Dan KoeppelUncommon Grounds by Mark PendergrastEating the Empire by Troy BickhamCod by Mark Kurlansky
Commoditgraphs
101 books — 29 voters
On Borrowed Time by John TiltonUranium by Tom ZoellnerSaudi America by Bethany McLeanOne Plastic Bag by Miranda PaulMountaintop Mining in Appalachia by Susan F. Hirsch
Natural Resources, Scarcity, and Sustainability
138 books — 5 voters

Quotes Tagged “Commodities”

Geoffrey Blainey
“ Australia's distance from Europe was probably only tolerable because it had strategic commodities which England, threatened by changing European alliances, might some day be unable to produce in the northern hemisphere. Flax was the first conqueror — a hollow conqueror — of the distance which so often shaped Australia's destiny. ...more ”
― Geoffrey Blainey, The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
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Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
“ New things are continually being invented, but the inputs that produce the various outputs remain relatively constant throughout time. This is one reason why commodities are so special. ”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth, Business Essentials
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