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Gold

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

AvMichael John Bloomfield,Roy Maconachie

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Gold remains a highly prized and impactful resource within the global economy. From the insatiable demand for gold in the electronics that permeate our day-to-day lives to the environmental desolation driven by gold mining in the Amazon, the gold trade continues to touch the lives and livelihoods of people across the world.Bloomfield and Maconachie tell the intriguing story of the yellow metal, tracing the seismic shifts in the industry over the past few decades. They show how huge purchases of gold reserves by BRICS countries mark the shifting balance of power away from the West, and how rising affluence in India and China has led to a surging demand for gold jewellery, calling into question current approaches to make supply chains more responsible. Explaining why gold is so difficult to regulate and why it is only becoming more so, the authors suggest ways we could, collectively, make practices work better for the countless workers and communities who suffer at the producer end of the supply chain. Linking local to global, producer to consumer, and gold’s extraction from the Earth to the financial centres that fuel it, this book offers a probing analysis that reveals who wins and who loses and what this means for the future of gold.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-11-27
Mått147 x 211 x 18 mm
Vikt272 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieResources
Antal sidor204
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781509534111

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Acknowledgements Abbreviations1 IntroductionGold’s continuing relevanceGold’s continuing allureOutline of the bookNotes2 Gold and the Distortions of DevelopmentGold rushes and nation-building: the rise and fall of empiresColonial expansion: God, glory and gold!Gold and power: states and capital marketsThe recent scramble for goldFeeding the dragon: Chinese engagement in the gold mining sectorGold and the resource curseRevenue sharing at the local levelEcological impactsThe gold–conflict nexusConclusionNotes3 An Intractable IndustryComplexity in the supply and the demand for goldGold and regulatory failure:the case of Bre-X MineralsConclusionNotes4 Gold Governance and GapsStates and international organisationsCivil society and the private sectorTransnational activism: the case of the No Dirty Gold campaign Opportunities and challenges:a lesson in business power?The market responds: enter certification and FairtradeConflict-free gold supply chains and the traceability agendaDisclosure regulation: the case of Dodd-Frank and the DRCBlockchain and ‘track and trace’ technologyConclusion: can ‘ethical gold’ make a difference?Notes5 Rising Powers in Supply and DemandFinancialisation and financial markets for goldEmerging power in supply and demandBRICS and goldThe Chinese gold marketThe Indian gold marketShifting implications for responsible gold?ConclusionNotes6 Conclusion: Refocusing for the Future of GoldConsidering the future of goldASGM as a driver of (sustainable) developmentTaking stock and moving forwardNotesSelected ReadingsIndex

‘Gold traces familiar histories and possible futures of a commodity that is associated with beauty, wealth and yet also so much destruction. Readable, accessible and brimming with insights that keep readers on their toes, the book will be immensely useful for students, teachers and general interest readers alike.’Anthony Bebbington, Clark University‘Working as modern-day political economy alchemists, Bloomfield and Maconachie mobilise their deep expertise to explain why it is so difficult to turn gold mining into valuable forms of development.’Philippe Le Billon, University of British Columbia and author of Wars of Plunder