The Energy Question Volume One: The World : : An International Failure of Policy / / ed. by Edward Erickson, Leonard Waverman.

The so-called energy crisis that burst upon the world in 1973 was not easily understood by many people. It was neither 'the beginning of the end' nor the first encounter by modern man with the natural result of his prodigality. These papers, collected in two volumes, from energy economists...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (406 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The world oil market
  • Part One: The Actors
  • Oil in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Political and financial aspects of the oil game
  • The Soviet Union in world energy markets
  • China and Japan in the world energy economy
  • Petroleum and natural gas in sub-Saharan Africa
  • The Latin American petroleum industry
  • Western Europe's energy policies
  • Multinational corporations and national economic policy
  • Multinational corporations in world politics
  • Part Two: Energy and the Environment
  • Energy consumption and environmental quality
  • Mankind as a factor in climate change
  • The Faustian bargain
  • The devil's advocates
  • Part Three: Policy
  • Energy, resources, and growth
  • Oil diplomacy
  • Oil and the US balance of payments
  • Part Four: Energy System Modeling
  • A world energy model
  • The limits of The Limits to Growth
  • Contributors
  • Contents of volume 2