Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year

Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Gripping' Economist 'Jaw-dropping' Sunday Times

'Riveting' Financial Times

'Fascinating' Reuters

'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

'A globe-spanning corporate thriller, full of intrigue and double dealing... Changes how we see the world, often in horrifying ways' Spectator

'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

'Some of the stories could be straight out of John le Carré. The difference is they're true' Andrew Neil

We think the PR image of 'bankers' has not been too good since about 2008 and it probably wasn't top notch before that. And this book will not help rehabilitate them. The World for Sale looks at commodity traders and what they get up to so they can make obscene amounts of money. Most folk will assume that they are at least amoral, but the detail given in the book will really lay out why we have made a mistake for letting them get so much power.