This was the book I read two month back but didn't get time to write about it. RIGGED by Ben Mezrich. I have read this author's previous book Bringing the house down. Seeing his name and the tag line I grabbed this book from the shelf.
Backdrop of this story is the Mercantile exchange of Newyork were commodities gets traded,one of the hot commodity which makes people rich or poor in an short span of time is Oil. Now the hero of this story wants break the monopoly enjoyed by some traders. He gets help from an unexpected counter part and they decide to build a sister exchange in Dubai, a conservative Muslim hub where trading is unlawful as per Islamic laws.
It was an interesting read , teaches us how wealth properly utilised can make a nation prosperous.
2 comments:
couple of clearance :
Dubai - conservative?..Are you kidding - Man, it's Las Vagas of Middle East.
Trading - not allowed?.ooops..Now, there's established trading bourse in all cities of Middle East.
hahah u r right , I shd have mention ed middle east as a whole.
btb there s speacial mention about Qatar s support in partnering with exchanges apart from dubai during 90's
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