Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices

by Robert McNally

Book Overview

As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today's fraught and fractious Middle East, Crude Volatility explains how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices help us understand the new boom-bust era. Oil's notorious volatility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231178158
• ISBN13: 9780231178150
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"