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If you choose to follow any links to the abstracts and/or complete text of articles, books, and documents listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Other Items of Note: J.W. Anderson The Surge in Oil Prices: Anatomy of a Non-Crisis. (... a readable explanation of the recent increases in the price of crude oil which led to surges in the price of gasoline, home heating oil, and other fuels used by consumers and industry in the United States. The author states unlike previous [price] hikes, which were triggered by dramatic political or military events, this year's run-up was prompted by the most basic of economic forces--a mismatch of supply and demand. The author also states surely, there is a point at which rising oil prices could threaten the economy, but prices this past winter came nowhere near it. The high prices of the past winter were an annoyance for most consumers and a hardship for some. But for the country [the United States] as a whole they never constituted a real economic crisis. The author concludes the most sensible course now appears to be no change in present policy which means encouraging improvements in the fuel economy of the country, both for heating and for transportation; supporting research on alternative fuels, to provide consumers with choices; and reminding consumers not to count on stable prices of oil products. Other keywords and phrases -- barrel, fuel, gas, glut, heat, Iraq, OPEC, Saudi Arabia -- from the text of the abstract and the article; this article does not have a bibliography) Resources Number 139 (Spring 2000): 16-19. **The complete text of the article is currently available through the Web site of Resources** How to find the above journals, magazines, and other publications? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions about any or all of the above? Please let me know. |
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