1st Edition
The Economics and Politics of the United States Oil Industry, 1920-1990 Profits, Populism and Petroleum
By Steve Isser
Copyright 1996
490 Pages
by
Routledge
490 Pages
by
Routledge
490 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book, originally published in 1996, traces the development of US government policy toward the oil industry during the 1920s and 1930s when the domestic syustem of production control was established. It then charts the deveopment and collapse of oil import controls, and the wild scramble for economic rents generated by Government regulation. It discusses the two oil crises and the ‘phantom’... Read more
1. Development of the System of Control 2. The Battle Over the Oil Import Quota 3. The Oil Crises 4. Economists, Energy and Public Policy 5. Public Opinion and Oil Politics 6. Congressional Voting on Oil Issues 7. Interest Groups, Rent Seeking and Oil Politics
Biography
Steve Isser
