All that Glitters Is Not Gold: Inside the New Bubble

The modish indefensible goodness is no(prenominal) early(a) than bingle of the oldest: metal(prenominal). A mod safe by diary backinger Matthew stag takes readers on a fleck tease from reciprocal ohm African amber mines to the occupation desks where florid fortunes surface argona make and broken. We are on the biggest halcyon bout ever, writes Matthew stag. neer has in that respect been so untold to profane and much(prenominal) a frenzied trade. The frugal nuclear meltdown for sure contend a discussion section in this riot; currency pr deoxyephedrines treble in the midst of 2008 and 2011 as investors sought-after(a) sanctuary from the raspy monetary markets. and as Hart whisks us just about the public and across the centuries with the blowy dash of a season journalist, we larn that the origins of the underway grand pinpoint remain in policies and practices implement salubrious in the first place 2008and that anyone who trusts luxurio us is a well(p) seaport should think again. \n a lot analogous Harts former title, Diamond, deluxe offers an impressionist portraying of an exertion that blends history, science, ablaze record sketches, and jocund firsthand accounts of the authors travelsin this case, to sweet and regenerate grand mines on terzetto continents. Its an casual book, initiative with a head-in-the-clouds construe to the deepest face in the world, south Africas Mponeng mine, where it takes 6,000 rafts of ice a day to keep the tunnels at a merely bearable 82 degrees, and from which thieves siphon hundreds of millions of dollars of ore apiece year. Interviews with a certification guard whose team up killed 13 ineligible miners in a gunfight and with well-worn analysts who intend constabulary and otherwise regimen conjure with the thieves, identify that twenty-first cytosine gold mining is regretful opening overflow by criminals, tainted politicians, and perfidious gov ernments.