Price Wars: How Chaotic Markets Are Creating a Chaotic World

Rupert Russell's book "Price Wars" explores how global crises such as the War in Ukraine, hunger crisis, and cost of living crisis are connected, and how commodities markets chaos can lead to irrational prices that have the power to bankroll foreign invasions, plunge continents into poverty, and spark revolutions, civil wars, and refugee crises.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 19 January 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

The year 2022 was marked by a series of global crises that were all too predictable, including the War in Ukraine, a global hunger crisis, and the West's cost of living crisis. In his book "Price Wars," Rupert Russell explores the interconnectedness of these crises and how they plunged the 2010s into a decade of turmoil.

Russell takes us on a journey from the trenches of Russian separatist-controlled Donbas to bomb disposal squads in Mosul to cattle raiders in Kenya, revealing a butterfly effect of chaos in the real world driven by chaos in the commodities markets. The price of food and oil, he argues, has the power to bankroll foreign invasions, plunge continents into poverty, spark revolutions, civil wars, and refugee crises.

What makes this book particularly thrilling is Russell's exploration of the dark financial forces that rule our world. He interviews whistle-blowing hedge fund managers and Nobel Prize winners who shed light on the irrationality of these prices and the impact they have on the lives of people around the globe.

Through his compelling storytelling, Russell provides a clear and concise account of the complex web of factors that led to the 2022 crises and offers insights into how we can navigate the challenges of the future. "Price Wars" is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the global financial system and the forces that shape our world.

Weight: 264g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474613996