The Oil Rabbit Hole
Oil is more than fuel. It has shaped industries, wars, alliances, currencies and global power for more than a century. Follow the rabbit hole from the rise of the modern oil industry to the geopolitics of energy and the petrodollar system that tied oil to the U.S. dollar.
Oil is more than fuel. It has shaped industries, wars, alliances, currencies and global power for more than a century. Follow the rabbit hole from the rise of the modern oil industry to the geopolitics of energy and the petrodollar system that tied oil to the U.S. dollar.
The Corbett Report – How Big Oil Conquered the World | EP 1
Oil didn't just power the modern world. James Corbett investigates how the fortunes and institutions built around petroleum helped shape modern society itself.
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The Corbett Report – Why Big Oil Conquered the World | EP 2
Big Oil accumulated extraordinary wealth and influence. James Corbett's follow-up asks a more provocative question: what was all that power ultimately used for?
If You Don’t Understand the Petrodollar, You Don’t Understand Geopolitics
Oil, dollars and global power are more closely connected than they might seem. This eight-minute explainer offers a remarkably compact introduction to the petrodollar system.
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