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.
Economics
Steve Keen – Monetary Reality Vs Myth
This is my keynote presentation at the 1st European Modern Monetary conference. I cover the fallacies that mainstream economists believe about money and why they are wrong, how their decision to ignore banks, money, credit […]
Finance
Tax Justice Network – The Bogota Declaration on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights
The Bogota Declaration on Tax Justice for Women’s Rights is being launched around the world on7 December 2017 through online platforms and at tax justice events in Argentina and Chile. You can read the Declaration text […]
Climate Crisis
Larry Elliott: How the Green New Deal was Hatched in a London Bar
Addressing a double whammy: in 2007, over a friendly drink, the Guardian’s economics editor, Larry Elliott, came up with a radical plan to combat the effects of the financial crisis and climate change. He called […]
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