Thursday, April 18, 2024
4:00pm – 5:30pm
True North Classroom (101), Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook St
Presenting the third William R. Rhodes ’57 Ethics of Capitalism annual lecture
Javier Blas discusses one of the least scrutinized corners of the world economy: the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard, and sell the Earth’s resources. It is the story of how a handful of powerful 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 centers.
Join us for a tour through the wildest frontiers of the global economy, as well as a revelatory guide to how capitalism really works.
Q & A will be moderated by Jeff Colgan, Interim Director of the Rhodes Center for International Economics & Finance.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.”