The Economics of the Oil War

James K. Galbraith

A chapter in Unbearable Cost, 2006, pp 96-98 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Underlying the talk of weapons of mass destruction, democracy, human rights, and George W. Bush’s supposed quest for personal vengeance against Saddam Hussein (‘He tried to kill my Dad’). there has always lurked the suspicion that it was about oil. That maps of the Iraqi oil fields made their way to the Cheney energy task force back in 2001 doesn’t exactly ease this suspicion. Neither does Bush’s determination to stay in Iraq, now that vengeance is his — but the occupation is plainly failing to achieve any of its other objectives.

Keywords: Saudi Arabia; Mass Destruction; Asset Position; Price Spike; High Energy Price (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230236721_27

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