内容简介
Oil,Dollars,Debt,andCrisesstudiesthecausesofthecurrentoilandglobalfinancialcrisisandshowshowAmerica'sandtheworld'sgrowingdependenceonoilhascreatedarepeatingpatternofbanking,currency,andenergy-pricecrises.Unlikeotherbooksonthecurrentfinancialcrisis,whichhavefocusedonU.S.indebtednessandAmericantradeandeconomicpolicy,Oil,Dollars,Debt,andCrisesshowsthereaderamorecomplexpictureinwhichtransfersofwealthtoandfromtheMiddleEastresultinaperfectstormofglobalassetandfinancialmarketbubbles,increasedunrest,terrorismandgeopoliticalconflicts,andeventuallyrisingcostsforenergy.Onlybyaddressinglong-termenergypolicychallengesintheWest,economicdevelopmentchallengesintheMiddleEast,andtheinvestmenthorizonsoffinancialmarketplayerscanpolicymakersamelioratetheforcesthathavebeencausingrepeatingglobaleconomiccrises.
作者简介
MahmoudA.El-Gamal,Ph.D.,isChairoftheDepartmentofEconomicsandProfessorofEconomicsandStatisticsatRiceUniversityinHouston,Texas,wherehealsoholdstheendowedChairinIslamicEconomics,Finance,andManagement.BeforejoiningRicein1998,hewasanAssociateProfessorofEconomicsattheUniversityofWisconsininMadison.HehasalsoworkedasanAssistantProfessorofEconomicsattheUniversityofRochesterandtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.During1995-6,heworkedasaneconomistintheMiddleEastDepartmentoftheInternationalMonetaryFund.Duringthesecondhalfof2004,heservedasscholarinresidenceonIslamicfinanceattheU.S.DepartmentofTreasury.Hehaspublishedextensivelyintheareasofeconometrics,economicdynamics,financialeconomics,economicsoftheMiddleEast,andtheeconomicanalysisofIslamiclaw.HismostrecentbookwasIslamicFinance:Law,Economics,andPractice(CambridgeUniversityPress,2006).AmyMyersJaffeistheWallaceS.WilsonFellowforEnergyStudiesattheJamesA.BakerIIIInstituteforPublicPolicyandAssociateDirectoroftheRiceUniversityEnergyProgram.Herresearchfocusesonoilgeopolitics,strategicenergypolicy,andenergyeconomics.SheiscoeditorofNaturalGasandGeopolitics:From1970to2040(CambridgeUniversityPress,2005,withDavidG.VictorandMarkW.Hayes)andEnergyintheCaspianRegion:PresentandFuture(2002).Shehaspublishedwidelyinacademicjournalsandeditedcollections,includingthekeynotearticle'EnergySecurity:MeetingtheGrowingChallengeofNationalOilCompanies'intheWhiteheadJournalofDiplomacyandInternationalRelations(Summer2007)and'ThePersianGulfandtheGeopoliticsofOil'inSurvival(Spring2006).MsJaffeservedasprojectdirectoroftheCouncilonForeignRelationstaskforceonstrategicenergypolicy.ShecurrentlyservesasastrategicadvisortotheAmericanAutomobileAssociationondevelopinganAAAmembers'voiceonU.S.energypolicydebates.
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