The Asylum : : the Renegades who Hijacked the World's oil Market
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Welcome to the asylum -- The boy who would be king -- From wastrels to wildcatters -- Deus ex machina -- The great equalizer -- The rise of Zoltan -- The god complex and other minor foibles -- The futility of the polygraph -- The anatomy of a take down -- Dark days -- The beauty of the "self-regulatory organization" -- Raids, maids, and civil war -- Ages of excess -- Blood for victory -- The man who traded $100 oil -- Meltdown -- Epilogue: the edict of Noah sweat.
Big-oil insiders reveal what went wrong with the oil industry, including why consumers have seen such record-high prices and who is profiting from the broken system.
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PUBLISHED
New York : William Morrow, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 398 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780061766275
0061766275
SUBJECTS
New York Mercantile Exchange (N.Y.) -- History.
Stockbrokers -- United States.
Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- History.
Petroleum products -- Prices.