A Global Financial History of Oil Crises

In this book, Altamura analyses the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979, considering their impact on the world economy and subsequent reactions to the global instability.

Autorentext

Carlo Edoardo Altamura is Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Twentieth-Century Latin American History in the Department of History, University of Manchester.

Inhalt

Introduction: Why a Global Financial History of the Oil Crises? 1. Friends in High Places: Aid from OPEC Countries after in the 1970s 2. International Finance and the Recycling of Oil Surpluses: The Domestic Response 3. International Finance and the Recycling of Oil Surpluses: The International Response 4. Oil Money and the Transformation of International Banking Conclusion: Back to the Future Bibliography Index