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The Wild World of Oil
ResumeNow he's doing it in the world of oil: oil traders, the young hot shots who juggle black gold billions, drag-race Ferraris in the desert, and drive fast fortunes from New York to Dubai.
His new book is called "Rigged." With oil at $93 dollars a barrel, the whole world is watching.
This hour, On Point: inside the megabucks trading world of oil.Guests:
Ben Mezrich, author of the best-seller "Bringing Down the House" and of the new book "Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai."
John D'Agostino, former vice president at the New York Mercantile Exchange and now president of Dagger, LLC, an energy-trading consulting firm.
This program aired on October 30, 2007.