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Can an Economy Learn to Live with Increasingly High Oil Prices?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

Prof. James Hamilton of University of California recently wrote a post called Thresholds in the economic effects of oil prices. In it, he concludes As U.S. retail gasoline prices once again near $4.00 a gallon, does this pose a threat … Continue reading →

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Real Causes and Wider Macroeconomic Effects of High Gas Prices: A Focus Roundtable

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Gail Tverberg

On June 20, I participated in  a 45 minute Roundtable teleconference on the topic, “The Real Causes and Wider Macroeconomic Effects of High Gas Prices,” put on by an organization called Focus.  The Moderator was Scott Albro from the Focus Research, … Continue reading →

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