• Ed Conway on the Global Extractive Economy

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    Andrew talks to Ed Conway, author of Material World, about the six physical commodities that represent the plumbing of our global extractive economy.

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    Ed Conway is a writer and broadcaster. He is the Economics and Data Editor of Sky News and a regular columnist for The Times and Sunday Times. He has written two critically acclaimed and bestselling books and has won numerous awards for his journalism. He lives in London.


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