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Freakonomics Radio · Mar 4, 2026
The Most Powerful People You’ve Never Heard Of (Update)
“World's largest oil trader; financed Libyan rebel forces during civil war; extended $1 billion credit line to rebels in exchange for crude oil payments.”
Commodity Trading Industry Structure and OperationsPhysical Commodity Markets vs. Financial Derivatives TradingMark Rich and the History of Modern Commodity Trading
View AnalysisCongressional Dish · Feb 16, 2026
CD332: Controlling Venezuela
“Received no-bid contract to prepare and export Venezuelan oil; executive John Addison donated $6M to Trump”
Venezuelan regime change operation and military intervention legalityU.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil and economic coercion mechanismsCongressional war powers and authorization for use of military force (AUMF)
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