July 4, 2025

BNR's Big Five: 'Commodities are being used as weapons'

What forces really determine what commodities like oil, gas or metals cost on the world market? Why do commodity prices sometimes suddenly shoot up - and then down again? And what does that have to do with emotion? Our guest is economist and researcher Hans van Cleef, in BNR's Big Five of the New Gold Rush.

Listen back to the entire episode here.