The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes by Spiro, David E.
The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes by Spiro, David E.

The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes

Between 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international...
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The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes by Spiro, David E.

The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes

$1,050.41
The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes by Spiro, David E.

The Hidden Hand of American Hegemony: Scenes from Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes

$1,050.41
Author: David E. Spiro
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Between 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international politics. Conventional wisdom holds that international capital markets adjusted automatically and remarkably well: enormous amounts of money flowed into oil-rich states, and efficient markets then placed that new money in cash-poor Third World economies. David Spiro has followed the money trail, and the story he tells contradicts the accepted beliefs. Most of the sudden flush of new oil wealth didn't go to poor oil-importing countries around the globe. Instead, the United States made a deal with Saudi Arabia to sell it U.S. securities in secret, a deal resulting in a substantial portion of Saudi assets being held by the U.S. government. With this arrangement, the U.S. government violated its agreements with allies in the developed world. Spiro argues that American policymakers took this action to prop up otherwise intolerable levels of U.S. public debt. In effect, recycled OPEC wealth subsidized the debt-happy policies of the U.S. government as well as the debt-happy consumption of its citizenry.



Author: David E. Spiro
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 10/15/1999
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.42w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780801428845
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author

An international business consultant, David E. Spiro has taught political economy at Brandeis, Columbia, and Harvard universities.


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