Antonia Juhasz Tyranny of Oil

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November 07, 2009

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Juhasz is the author of The Tyranny of Oil: the Worlds Most Powerful Industry, and What We Must Do To Stop It (HarperCollins 2008), described as "A worthy successor to 'The Prize'... A riveting read with a bold blueprint for ending the madness, by former California EPA Secretary, Terry Tamminen. Juhasz provides the hardest-hitting exposé of the oil industry in decades, answering today's most pressing energy questions: Why did oil and gasoline prices rise and fall so quickly? Where will prices go in the future? Whos really controlling those prices? How much oil is left? How far will Big Oil go to get it? And at what cost to the economy, environment, human rights, worker safety, public health, democracy, and Americas place in the world?

Drawing on considerable historical research, Juhasz explores the parallels between todays companies and Standard Oil, the most powerful corporation of the early 20th century. With todays oil giants charged with collusion, price-gouging, anti-competitive behavior, undue dominance over our political system, and unabashed greed, Juhasz calls boldly for the breakup of Big Oil. Tyranny blends history, original investigative research and reporting, candid interviews with key insiders, and a unique focus on activism with a host of real-world policy solutions just in time for the 2008 elections.

Juhasz is also author of The Bu$h Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time (HarperCollins 2006). The Bu$h Agenda exposes the Bush administration's use of corporate globalization policy as a weapon of war. Juhasz uncovers the history and key role of U.S. corporations in the creation of the Bush agenda, focusing on Bechtel, Lockheed Martin, Chevron, and Halliburton. Presenting the Iraq War as the most brutal application of the Bush agenda, Juhasz reveals the "oil time-line" driving the war, and the costs and consequences of the administration's attempt to fundamentally transform Iraq's economy including increased access to Iraq's oil. The administration has expanded its target to the whole Middle East through the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area. Juhasz brings to sharp focus the dangerous fallacy that the United States can combat terrorism and spread democracy through its so-called "free trade" policies. It concludes with specific achievable alternatives for a more peaceful and sustainable course.
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