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The Oil Card: Global Economic Warfare in the 21st Century
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Challenging 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 States. Despite ample world suppl
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Paperback, 250 pages
Published
July 22nd 2008
by Trine Day
(first published July 4th 2008)
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Quite an eye opener to all the back room deals.
Feb 26, 2009
J.C.
marked it as to-read
Just saw this guy give a lecture. The US Gov't manipulates energy markets to affect geo-political goals? Ya don't say? Anyway, should be an interesting, if technical, read.
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The question is: how realistic are his assumptions? I remain somewhat sceptical but an interesting read in any case
Interesting book. But dated. Published 2008.
The first book on the oil industry I ready. mr Norman lays out some basic principles. Oil is about national security - so much of the foreign entanglements we are involved in are becasue of oil. The 21st century will not be so much defined by military warfare but by economic warfare. The biggest threat will be China
This book is filled with more data than any book I have read. I don't believe in conspiracy theories but after reading this book it makes you wonder....
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