Something strange happened in late April: the price of oil went negative. This below-zero price tag didn’t last long, but it remains unusually cheap. And thanks to the coronavirus, it will likely stay that way for a while. In this episode Mark talks with Watson Associate Professor Jeff Colgan, an expert on the oil industry and the geopolitics that define it. They get into oil’s current price fluctuations, how it’s related to the coronavirus pandemic, and how changes to this singular commodity will affect industries and countries in a post-pandemic world.
Climate Crisis
Steve Keen – “What Economists Don’t Know about Climate Science Can Kill Us”
26 March 2024 Infuriated at how those in our financial system insist on stubbornly investing in the exact opposite of what everyone on Earth—including them—needs to ensure stable planetary systems? Prof. Steve Keen, delves into […]
Economics
Branko Milanovic – Lecture at John Adams Institute
Economist Branko Milanovic presents a new approach for the age of globalization. Who are the winners and losers of globalization? One of the world’s leading economists of inequality, the former World Bank economist Branko Milanovic, […]
EU politics
Aufhebunga Bunga: High-Visibility Revolt with Aurélie Dianara
The ‘gilets jaunes’ protests have shocked France, expressing a profound exasperation and anger that goes much deeper than frustration at a fuel tax. This is clearly a movement from below, of the people. But it […]
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