Blake C. Clayton

Commodity Markets and the Global Economy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a clear-eyed analysis of questions at the intersection of commodity markets, natural resource economics, and public policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 355g
• ISBN-13: 9781107616929
• ISBN-10: 1107616921
• Artikelnr.: 42804480

Autorenporträt

Blake Clayton is a stock analyst at Citigroup in New York, where he covers oil and gas companies and master limited partnerships. Prior to joining Citigroup, Dr Clayton was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he currently serves as an adjunct fellow on energy. He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: the revenge of the old economy
2. A twenty-first-century supercycle? Long-term trends in metal and energy prices
3. Volatility in global food markets
4. Financial speculation in commodities markets
5. The implications of oil prices for the US economy and lessons learned from the 2011 Strategic Petroleum Reserve release
6. The gold standard as an alternative money regime
7. Conclusion.