Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Speculation, and Inflation
n the not inconsiderable role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.
Read more...n the not inconsiderable role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.
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Read more...It’s now undeniable that corporate profits are playing a big role in our current inflation.
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Read more...Emerging economies look to be on the verge of a whole lotta debt hurt. Why does this happen to them so often?
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Read more...An argument that spending on Ukraine is not quite as unproductive as it seems.
Read more...More evidence that companies hiking prices because they can is a significant driver of our current inflation.
Read more...Satyajit Das provides a series on the energy transition, starting with the historical role of energy and supply and demand patterns.
Read more...The data say many meaures of inflation have moderated and energy prices are down. Readers?
Read more...Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.
Read more...Every bank crisis has its own overarching narrative and streams of sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.
Read more...In a new book, George DeMartino offers some novel and pointed criticisms of economics, focusing on societal damage.
Read more...Political scientist Thomas Ferguson discusses Democratic debt ceiling fecklessness, Biden’s wobbly coaliiton, and US instability.
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