A string of oil deals between Russian oil companies and Arab petrostates have shifted the center of political gravity in the Middle East and North Africa towards Moscow
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Read more...Why William Goetzmann’s Money Changes Everything is unadulterated Austrian twattle.
Read more...Oil prices have gone wobbly…
Read more...How neoliberalism, the resource curse, and military interventions by Washington and its allies, profoundly destabilized the Middle East.
Read more...Chinese officials sent a serious warning about ending debt growth. If they are serious, the shock waves will engulf not just China but also the global economy.
Read more...Decomposing the drivers and effects of commodity price swings.
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