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The fallacy of blaming oil ‘speculators’

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Robert J. Samuelson, The Washington Post We should exorcise the politically convenient notion that high oil prices result from the market...

Robert J. Samuelson, The Washington Post We should exorcise the politically convenient notion that high oil prices result from the market maneuvers of greedy “speculators.” It’s convenient because it suggests that a solution to high pump prices — or a partial solution — is to banish the offending speculators from the marketplace. That’s fantasy. Read More