Seven years ago, in 20 14, but shortly after his sort of initial excursions into dombas and crimea, the price of oil collapses. What you begin to see in 20 21 is commodity prices rising,. Now, is this driven by speculation? Is this driven by fundamentals? You know, we can definitely have a debate around this.
Rupert Russell and Isabella Weber discuss Russell's book Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World and also the current politics of inflation.
Listen to Weber discuss her book How China Escaped Shock Therapy: thedigradio.com/podcast/how-china-escaped-shock-therapy-w-isabella-weber/
Look at Rupert's precious puppy: twitter.com/rupert_russell/status/1511428696409837573?s=20&t=OPVNgfXuokFY6ZQYRkxe4g
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