Lea Haller
Lea Haller
Lea Haller, born in 1977, holds a PhD in history from ETH Zurich. She has worked at SciencesPo in Paris, at Harvard University and the University of Geneva. She is now editor-in-chief of the monthly history magazine NZZ Geschichte published by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Lea Haller, born in 1977, holds a PhD in history from ETH Zurich. She has worked at SciencesPo in Paris, at Harvard University and the University of Geneva. She is now editor-in-chief of the monthly history magazine NZZ Geschichte published by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
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Year of Publication: 2019
Lea HallerYear of Publication: 2019
Intermediary Trade
Coffee, cotton, rubber – there are hardly any goods that are not shipped across the oceans. This global trade is not driven only by producers and consumers, but by middlemen. Lea Haller presents a history of merchanting trade transactions that make up an enormous part of the global economy.
Focusing on Switzerland, whose trading companies control one fifth of worldwide commodity...