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The New Global Oil Market: Understanding Energy Issues in the World Economy

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"The New Global Oil Market" definitely has its moments, and there is definitely a lot here, if you can only find it in this highly uneven book. Chapter 10, for instance, provides an excellent, original look at world oil supply disruptions since 1973. Other chapters, however, ramble on or are badly written and could have used some major editing. In the end, this book, although filled with a lot of good information, is not as useful as it could have been if 1) it had been better organized/edited; and 2) some of the weaker chapters had been eliminated or replaced with better ones on their subjects. Finally, a major problem with this book -- its uneven style, content, and quality -- may have been partly avoidable if the editor had been a bit more ruthless or at least settled on a few themes or approaches by his 25 "experts in the field". On the other hand, it may just be that there is some value in a book which makes clear the lack of consensus among world oil market analysts. Perhaps the "New Global Oil Market"'s goal of creating a comprehensive, succint, and authoritative book on world oil markets may, despite its best efforts, was simply unreachable.