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Cashing in on Covid: the traders who thrive on a crisis

Commodities traders are generally drawn to disaster, say Javier Blas and Jack Farchy — including those at Glencore, who milked the pandemic for all its worth

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  • The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

    Javier Blas and Jack Farchy

    Random House, pp. 416, £20

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