Counter-shock: The Oil Counter-Revolution of the 1980s (International Library of Twentieth Century History) - 9781838605827
I.B. Tauris
ISBN13:
9781838605827
$56.25
The oil price collapse of 1985-6 had momentous global consequences: non-fossil energy sources quickly became uncompetitive, the previous talk of an OPEC 'imperium' was turned upside-down, the Soviet Union lost a large portion of its external revenues, and many Third World producers saw their foreign debts peak. Compared to the much-debated 1973 `oil shock', the `countershock' has not received the same degree of attention, even though its legacy has shaped the present-day energy scenario. This volume is the first to put the oil `counter-shock' of the mid-1980s into historical perspective. Featuring some of the most knowledgeable experts in the field, Counter-Shock offers a balanced approach between the global picture and local study cases. In particular, it highlights the crucial interaction between the oil counter-shock and the political `counterrevolution' against state intervention in economic management, put forward by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in the same period.
- | Author: Duccio Basosi, Giuliano Garavini, Massimiliano Trentin, Duccio Basosi
- | Publisher: I.B. Tauris
- | Publication Date: Oct 31, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 400 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1838605827
- | ISBN-13: 9781838605827
- Author:
- Duccio Basosi, Giuliano Garavini, Massimiliano Trentin, Duccio Basosi
- Publisher:
- I.B. Tauris
- Publication Date:
- Oct 31, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 400 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1838605827
- ISBN-13:
- 9781838605827