Investigative Economics
Investigative Economics
Episode 25: Oil and Gas vs. Oil and Gas
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Episode 25: Oil and Gas vs. Oil and Gas

The Oil and Gas Executive Funding Climate Action Against Oil and Gas

The Oil and Gas Executive Funding Climate Action Against Oil and Gas

At its peak, Standard Oil controlled over 90 percent of U.S. oil production through a vertically integrated monopoly. What was once a single oil refinery in Cleveland became a massive oil trust comprised of dozens of companies across every state, all controlled through stock ownership. The total financial control of an entire industry by one company ma…

Puerto Rican Bonds Bought Cheap Following Failed Gas Pipeline

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October 29, 2018
Puerto Rican Bonds Bought Cheap Following Failed Gas Pipeline

As Puerto Rico struggles to recover from the aftereffects of Hurricane Maria, new details have emerged as to how the island got into the energy and financial quandary it's now in.

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