633. The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of
Episode
65 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Investing, Product & Tech Trends, Economics & Policy
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What It Covers
Freakonomics explores the secretive world of commodity traders like Glencore and Vitol who control trillion-dollar flows of oil, metals, and agricultural products globally.
Notable Moment
Javier Blas describes discovering his name on FBI wiretaps where a Vitol oil trader called him an idiot while discussing company nervousness about journalist scrutiny.
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