Adam Sevcik

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extra buying beyond the real requirements of consumption, combined with hoarding, dizzily drove up the price, which was exactly what companies and customers were struggling to avoid in the first place. In short, the panic of 1979–80 saw self-fulfilling, and ultimately self-defeating, prophecy on a truly colossal scale.
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
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