The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry--and What We Must Do to Stop It - Rilegato

Juhasz, Antonia

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ISBN 10: 0061434507 ISBN 13: 9780061434501

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2008

Riassunto

A leading activist presents a report on the U.S. oil industry to argue that oil companies hold an unparalleled influence over the government, are not appropriately regulated, and are misrepresenting the truth about the causes of high gasoline prices. By the author of The Bush Agenda. 35,000 first printing.

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“A brave, groundbreaking case study....A good first step toward true energy independence is to read this insightful book.” (Christian Science Monitor)

“[Juhasz] reminds us that those who don’t learn the lessons of history are fated to repeat its mistakes.” (USA Today)

“Well-written....presciently criticizes the weak oversight of the oil futures market.” (Washington Post)

“[A] timely, blistering critique...this white-hot polemic explores many of the industry’s complex and secret practices....Explosive fuel for the raging debate on oil prices.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Part homage to 150 years of anti-monopoly muckraking and trust-busting and part signpost to where the leading edge of the environmental and social activist movements are headed.” (Toronto Star)

“[A] thorough, readable takedown of Big Oil.” (Publishers Weekly)

“A worthy successor to The Prize... A riveting read with a bold blueprint for ending the madness.” (Terry Tamminen, former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.)

“A no-holds-barred book that traces the story of Big Oil from the rise of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company to the scandals and obscene profits of today.” (Michael T. Klare, author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy.)

“Juhasz identifies and articulates an extraordinary problem, provides the critical details, offers real solutions, and gives concrete steps to achieve them. In a world that glorifies war and violence, Juhasz offers thoughtfulness and activism.” (Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, International Campaign to B)

“In a time of crisis, Juhasz bravely and expertly exposes the inner workings of an industry and a government riddled with secrets, lies, and deception. She offers the crucial hard evidence—without which public awareness and reform are impossible. Read this book and refuse to be tyranny’s accomplice.” (Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers)

L'autore:

Antonia Juhasz is a leading expert on international trade and finance policy with an MA in Public Policy from Georgetown University. She was the Project Director of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG) based in San Francisco. Naomi Klein has called the IFG The brain trust of the [anti-corporate globalization] movement. It runs an alliance of eighty leading international scholars, economists, researchers, writers, and activists representing over sixty organizations in twenty-five countries, with a mission to provide alternatives to corporate globalization. Juhasz has lectured across the US and around the world, given hundreds of radio, television and print interviews, published dozens of articles and Op Eds and has been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows including NPR s Talk of the Nation, C-Span s Washington Journal, CNN, and Fox TV s Hannity and Colmes. She lives in San Francisco.

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• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0061434507
• ISBN 13: 9780061434501
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 468