Posts Tagged ‘ oil prices ’

Strange Days of Debt, Peak Oil and Stock Rallies

Apr 7th, 2009 | By James Howard Kunstler | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Even while a wave of reflex nausea washed over America last week, and the unemployment rolls swelled by much more than another half million, the greatest stock market suckers' rally in seventy years pulled in the last of the credulous. These are strange days. The earth is heaving and the ...read more

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A Net-Positive Gas Tax

Mar 23rd, 2009 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Energy, Featured, Oil
Richard Lugar, in the February 1 issue of the Washington Post , supported Charles Krauthammerís so-called net-zero gas tax idea .  This net-zero idea is an eminently fair and painless way to combat our looming oil crisis.  What makes the idea so great is that the taxes collected are given ...read more

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The Dollar and Oil Prices

Sep 12th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Currencies, Oil
I just returned from New York City, where I had a unique perspective on the unfolding event of Hurricane Gustav. I spent Monday and Tuesday of this week as a guest in the studios of the Fox Business Network, at the corner of 47th Street West and Avenue of the ...read more

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Oil Price Retreats

Jul 30th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Currencies, Oil
On the energy front, we’ve seen several days of declining prices. Oil has led the way, falling from about $146 to $121. Coal and natural gas sold down, as well, as did many energy companies and service firms. So we’ve seen quite a tumble, led by declining oil. But then again, ...read more

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