Ruminations On The Distortion Of Oil Prices And Crony Capitalism

Author : Raymond J. Learsy
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781475994537

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Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism by Raymond J. Learsy Pdf

At great cost and risk to the American and world economies, consumers are ripped off billions of dollars every day by oil interests and their malevolent influence on market pricing mechanisms. Its essential Americans and oil consumers throughout the world understand where the money they pay for oils downstream products goesincluding the money paid at the pump, the money paid to heat their homes, and the money paid for the array of other petroleum-based products. In Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism, author Raymond J. Learsy not only discusses the distortion of oil pricing, but also focuses on effects of the crony capitalism that has enriched a select few and left Main Street in the lurch as a result of government mismanagement, moneyed influence, and craven oversight. This collection of previously published writings shows how speculators ratchet up the prices of basic material goods essential to daily lives. Learsy describes how ceding the determination of those prices not to the laws of supply and demand but predominantly to gambling dens on the trading floors of commodity exchanges as well as the price fixing collusion of producer nations (OPEC) is crippling to the worlds economy. Focusing as well on Wall Streets corrupting influence on the price of oil, gasoline, and other commodities, Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism provides an overview of the basic and important theme: the United States enslavement to oil and the moneyed interests inextricably tied to it.

Author : Raymond J. Learsy
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475994513

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Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism by Raymond J. Learsy Pdf

At great cost and risk to the American and world economies, consumers are ripped off billions of dollars every day by oil interests and their malevolent influence on market pricing mechanisms. It's essential Americans and oil consumers throughout the world understand where the money they pay for oil's downstream products goes including the money paid at the pump, the money paid to heat their homes, and the money paid for the array of other petroleum-based products. In Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism, author Raymond J. Learsy not only discusses the distortion of oil pricing, but also focuses on effects of the crony capitalism that has enriched a select few and left Main Street in the lurch as a result of government mismanagement, moneyed influence, and craven oversight. This collection of previously published writings shows how speculators ratchet up the prices of basic material goods essential to daily lives. Learsy describes how ceding the determination of those prices not to the laws of supply and demand but predominantly to gambling dens on the trading floors of commodity exchanges as well as the price fixing collusion of producer nations (OPEC) is crippling to the world's economy. Focusing as well on Wall Street's corrupting influence on the price of oil, gasoline, and other commodities, Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism provides an overview of the basic and important theme: the United States' enslavement to oil and the moneyed interests inextricably tied to it.

Author : J. Alex Ficarra
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781524620479

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Inspiring the Youth of America by Remington Registry by J. Alex Ficarra Pdf

Here at Remington, many people are curious about this powerful book commonly known as “Inspiring the Youth of America.” Well, as you may know, our youth today in America are in dire need of mentorship and guidance. This book is a whole new step forward for all of us as a civilization. For many years, and even today, young Americans wander aimlessly in a pool of confusion. They end up in meaningless careers with no past, no future, and nothing to hope for. Undoubtedly, the end result is misery and despair. The end result is poverty and surely a feeling of emptiness. Well, we at Remington, after interviewing over thirty thousand professionals, were shockingly surprised to find that many successful professionals were disgusted with vanity publications. They were disappointed with the meaningless dribble of a phone book–type registry that possibly required a magnifying glass just to read. But surprisingly enough, these professionals encouraged any use of their biography for humanitarian purposes. Undoubtedly, mentorship for our youth fell into that category. So there it was born. Our proudest moment as publishers was laid out before us. But there was one big problem. All these people needed to be interviewed in depth, and generic biographies certainly would not inspire. So with that, we swallowed hard, and our staff got to work. Yes, it was and still is a grueling, time-consuming mission and undertaking. But in the end, as you may witness as you read this book, the content is quite spectacular and certainly worth the effort. We would also like to mention that the participants in this book also spent much time sending us information and encouraging us to make this book worthy of their efforts. Now it was up to us to uphold the dignity of these professionals and forge forward into a future where a student can explore his or her life with the ability to fulfill their own potentials. With that, this book is presented to you today, and we hope that you share in our dream to build a better America from where it really matters—our youth.

Author : Owain Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000539455

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40 Classic Crude Oil Trades by Owain Johnson Pdf

The day-to-day world of crude oil traders is not usually open to outsiders. Few non-specialists appreciate how oil traders approach the markets, what their backgrounds are and how they make money. This book brings the oil trading world to vivid life by introducing the reader to 40 real-life trades or strategies that were carried out by named market participants. The 40 chapters cover different geographies and different crude oil markets, providing an unparalleled insight into how crude oil traders work and think. Oil trading developed in its current form in the 1980s and the chapters cover these early beginnings through to the present day. The trades have been grouped in sections that relate to the nature of each trade and its broader use as an example of a successful trading style. Sections cover approaches to arbitrage trading; the impact of geopolitics; logistics and storage plays; short-term versus longer term trading; managing new crude oil grades; trading crude oil derivatives. The book provides plenty of inspiration for current or prospective crude oil traders or analysts. It will also be valuable for academic researchers, business school case studies, and for anyone wanting to learn more about the individuals that shape the world’s most important commodity market.

Author : Hannah Appel
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478004578

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The Licit Life of Capitalism by Hannah Appel Pdf

The Licit Life of Capitalism is both an account of a specific capitalist project—U.S. oil companies working off the shores of Equatorial Guinea—and a sweeping theorization of more general forms and processes that facilitate diverse capitalist projects around the world. Hannah Appel draws on extensive fieldwork with managers and rig workers, lawyers and bureaucrats, the expat wives of American oil executives and the Equatoguinean women who work in their homes, to turn conventional critiques of capitalism on their head, arguing that market practices do not merely exacerbate inequality; they are made by it. People and places differentially valued by gender, race, and colonial histories are the terrain on which the rules of capitalist economy are built. Appel shows how the corporate form and the contract, offshore rigs and economic theory are the assemblages of liberalism and race, expertise and gender, technology and domesticity that enable the licit life of capitalism—practices that are legally sanctioned, widely replicated, and ordinary, at the same time as they are messy, contested, and, arguably, indefensible.

Author : Raymond J. Learsy
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781462018116

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Oil and Finance by Raymond J. Learsy Pdf

These political essays, which originally appeared in the Huffington Post, chronicle the financial and environment malfeasance of the oil industry during the last five years. Oil is a commodity that is essential to the worlds economic well-being. But it is also an industry rife with corruption. In OIL AND FINANCE, author Raymond J. Learsy chronicles the problems within the oil industry and details how these issues affect both US and global politics. Culled from a collection of essays that first appeared in the Huffington Post throughout the last five years, OIL AND FINANCE provides an illuminating understanding about where weve been and where were headed as a nation with respect to our fossil-fuel consumption, our environment, our financial system, our security, and our place on the global stage. It uncovers the truth behind oil pricingincluding its speculation and manipulation, the politics of oil and its impact on our security, oils influence on our domestic and foreign policies, OPECs success, and the menacing impact of oil on the environment. OIL AND FINANCE presents a real-time account of a nation in crisis. Filled with contemplations and reactions, it is also a call to arms and a battle plan. It communicates how we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil, develop alternative energy sources, stabilize our economy, shore up our national securityand prosper as a people.

Author : Xiaoyi Mu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 1911116290

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The Economics of Oil and Gas by Xiaoyi Mu Pdf

Author : Jacob Goldstein
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780316417181

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Money by Jacob Goldstein Pdf

The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs. Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st century. At the heart of the story are the fringe thinkers and world leaders who reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money backed by nothing, centuries before it appeared in the west. John Law, a professional gambler and convicted murderer, brought modern money to France (and destroyed the country's economy). The cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin. One thing they all realized: what counts as money (and what doesn't) is the result of choices we make, and those choices have a profound effect on who gets more stuff and who gets less, who gets to take risks when times are good, and who gets screwed when things go bad. Lively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), Money is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today.

Author : C. Tremewan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349246243

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The Political Economy of Social Control in Singapore by C. Tremewan Pdf

`The thesis presented here will not only change the way in which we understand contemporary Singaporean society and the relationship between the state and its citizens, but will also provoke a debate about the social costs of economic development in other parts of the world, and the future security of the island republic - increasingly a Chinese enclave in a Malay sea - in the twenty-first century.' - Peter Carey, Trinity College, Oxford This study examines the development of Singapore's complex system of social regulation in relation to the phases of its economic strategy and political transition. It focuses on the way social control works through public housing and welfare, education, parliamentary politics and the law. It draws out the implications of such comprehensive control for political conflict. Popular explanations for Singapore's success and its status as a model for other developing countries are brought into question.

Author : Raymond J. Learsy
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781594032035

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Over a Barrel by Raymond J. Learsy Pdf

Longtime commodities trader Learsy explains the real reason behind todays most outrageous gas prices. A sharp, sweeping survey of OPECs methods of economic dominance, this work explains how to bust the Mideast oil cartel and chart a course toward energy independence.

Author : Carlos León
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798522601768

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THE VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCY OF MONEY. Advanced Manifestation Techniques to Attract Wealth, Success, and Abundance Without Hard Work (Law of Attraction). by Carlos León Pdf

The first metaphysical secret to manifesting money is that you currently have the money you want to have. Secret Vision One. If you have truly conceived of it, then it is currently yours. It exists now, and it exists now for you. By the basic act of understanding and embracing this liberating principle, you will be much closer to realizing your monetary objectives - you will be much closer to manifesting the money you wish to manifest. Get this principle securely inside your mind: You don't need to get any money, you simply

Author : Jack New
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798739179579

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How To Sell Anything To Anyone In 10 Simple Chapters by Jack New Pdf

We are called the human race. We are not in a human race. Take your time, learn, adapt, grow. Educate, meditate, gravitate, replicate. Planting the seeds is easy, but you won't grow if you stay in the dark... The bamboo plant takes around three years before it becomes established. It spends all that time growing the roots, the foundations. The bamboo grows its limbs and canes for sixty days at a time, getting bigger and bigger each spring, all the while still growing its roots. It can reach up to a hundred feet high in five years. It is considered one of the fastest-growing plants on earth. How To Sell Anything To Anyone In 10 Simple Chapters helps you learn the basics in human psychology and neuroscience combined with sales tips for your business, your job, or even just for your everyday life. It's about understanding a little more of how our consumer brains work to navigate our way around better. Once you understand how to lay the right foundation, you'll build a better life.

Author : Eric Michael Wilson,Eric Wilson
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-15
Category : Law
ISBN : NWU:35556039047535

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Government of the Shadows by Eric Michael Wilson,Eric Wilson Pdf

An expose of what really goes on behind the closed doors of state power

Author : Timothy Brennan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781349200795

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Salman Rushdie and the Third World by Timothy Brennan Pdf

The dialectic between national literary production and the rise of a group of writers with cosmopolitan sympathies is the aim of this book, concentrating on Rushdie's novels and journalism.

Author : N. Demertzis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137025661

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Emotions in Politics by N. Demertzis Pdf

Prompted by the 'affective turn' within the entire spectrum of the social sciences, this books brings together the twin disciplines of political psychology and the political sociology of emotions to explore the complex relationship between politics and emotion at both the mass and individual level with special focus on cases of political tension.