The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st CenturyChallenging the conventional wisdom surrounding high oil prices, this compelling argument sheds an entirely new light on free-market industry fundamentals. By deciphering past, present, and future geopolitical events, it makes the case that oil pricing and availability have a long history of being employed as economic weapons by the United State... |
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Contenido
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That was Then This is Now | 63 |
From Allyto Adversary | 80 |
Chinas Oil Response The Home Front | 117 |
Going Out and Trouble Follows | 144 |
The Role of the Oil Majors | 199 |
Russia and Comrade Wolf | 223 |
The Saudi Role | 246 |
The SPR and Other Oil Price Levers | 266 |
The Role of the Futures Market | 284 |
Conclusion | 324 |
Other Economic War Fronts? | 342 |
Back Cover Material | 355 |
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