Barbarians of Oil: How the World′s Oil Addiction Threatens Global Prosperity and Four Investments to Protect Your Wealth (Agora Series) - Hardcover

Franks, Sandy; Nunnally, Sara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118001826 ISBN 13: 9781118001820

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Synopsis

An engaging look at the global oil industry and how to navigate the price volatility and new policies associated with it

Oil is a constantly changing industry, and with the recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, more changes are expected. From extra equipment, higher–cost insurance, and expensive technology to mandatory third–party inspections, costly delays, and shifting investments, analysts say the price tag of regulation will be stiff and not confined to the Gulf.

The oil industry affects everyone, and the machinations of a few industry heads, the "Barbarians of Oil," can drastically change the lives of investors and consumers. In Barbarians of Oil author Sandy Franks offers the tips needed to avoid future market dips and dives as well as safeguard your investments and profit in the future.

• Details the petro–land grab in Africa, the Bush–Halliburton Era, the Gulf Wars, and the political dangers to the United States in Iran, Iraq, and other oil–rich nations
• Looks at the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the impending long–term effects on investments and policy
• Explores the evolution of the modern oil industry including major corporations such as ExxonMobile, ConcoPhillips, Cheveron, and BP

Barbarians of Oil is a timely must read for hard–working Americans concerned with their prosperity, as well as for those fascinated with the inner workings of the oil industry.

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"Authors Franks and Nunnally have done readers a great justice in Barbarians of Oil by exposing the dishonest tricks and tactics oil companies use to hoodwink us into thinking we have no options for energy other than oil. What′s worse, Washington bureaucrats and automobile manufacturers have supported their antics for decades. The authors show us in plain truth and mince no words that Big Oil has set us on a path of economic destruction by relying solely on oil. This is a must–read, especially as oil tops $100 a barrel." MYLES NORIN, CEO, Agora Publishing

"Outside of sex and religion, nothing is more fascinating than the story of oil. Its many effects on modern economies can scarcely be counted, let alone fully measured. In fact, oil cheap oil may be an essential ingredient for our standard of living as well as our style of living. Sandy Franks gives us another way to look at it . . . another way to understand this amazing story. Everyone should read this book." BILL BONNER, bestselling author, Financial Reckoning Day

"People have been shedding blood for oil for over one hundred years now, and Sandy Franks tells us how in Barbarians of Oil. She and Nunnally show how the Industrial Revolution was really an Energy Revolution with crude oil as the powerful king. And now, we learn how oil′s bloody reign could end and how investors could profit from a new era in energy." DAN DENNING, author, The Bull Hunter

"Oil is ubiquitous. You can′t begin to understand U.S. society, global economics, international politics or the fragile alliances that dominate the headlines today without first understanding oil and its impact. Nor can you hope to build a portfolio you can rely on, if you haven′t first considered oil and its alternatives as an asset class. Barbarians of Oil is as concise and straightforward a guide as you can hope to find on the subject. It′s a quick, even fun, ′must.′ The investment advice you get at the end is a pure bonus." ADDISON WIGGIN, bestselling author of Empire of Debt, Financial Reckoning Day and The Demise of the Dollar

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1118001826
• ISBN 13: 9781118001820
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322