Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market BUSINESS wintry skies

wintry skies

marginalised and the disadvantaged who are most affected

so sit back

Domestic animals are an eternally popular subject for art

living precariously and betrayed by austerity

Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market BUSINESS wintry skiesHow oil greases the wheels of global capitalism This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American centered global order; the breakdown of Empire and anti colonial rebellion;