McNally, Robert,  1963- <br/><br/>
Crude volatility :  the history and the future of boom-bust oil prices / 
Robert McNally. 
 - xvi, 315 pages 
 - Center on Global Energy Policy series .
 - Center on Global Energy Policy series. .
<br/><br/>Introduction: the Texas paradox -- And then there was light: from chaos to order in the kerosene era (1859-1911) -- No Rockefeller, no peace: boom-bust returns (1912-1933) -- Why are oil prices prone to boom bust cycles? -- The Texas era of price stability: US supply controls and international cartelization (1934-1972) -- The birth of OPEC: 1960-1969 -- The transformational seventies, part two: 1970-1980 -- OPEC's rude awakening: 1981-1990 -- OPEC muddles through: 1991-2003 -- Twilight: OPEC's power to prevent price spikes ebbs and vanishes: 2004-2008 -- Oil's third boom-bust era: 2009-? -- Epilogue: a challenge with no easy solution. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231178143 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade--History.--United States<br/>Petroleum products--Prices--United States.<br/>Petroleum reserves--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.27280973