Commodity Markets and the Global Economy

In an era defined by financial upheaval few parts of the economy have witnessed the kind of volatility seen in commodities markets. In this book Blake Clayton a Wall Street analyst and adjunct fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations draws on the latest thinking from academia and the private sector to deliver a clear-eyed analysis of pressing questions at the intersection of commodity markets natural resource economics and public policy. The result is a work that challenges the conventional wisdom about how these markets function and provides a fresh perspective on what public policy can do to improve them.