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Metal Men

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Metal Men
Full titleMetal Men: Marc Rich and the 10-Billion-Dollar Scam
AuthorA. Craig Copetas
Published1985
Pages224
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listCopetas’s account of Marc Rich and the physical commodity-trading business — how metals and oil actually move, and the arbitrage and sanctions-running that built the modern trading houses.

Where I heard about it

  • Replies to @WillManidis — named in the answers to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” (the thread, June 2025). The full list of replies is on what is the single best book… (tweet).

Connections

  • Mining — The metals trade the book is about.
  • Globalization — The cross-border trading business Rich built.
  • what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
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