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The oil crisis
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The oil crisis
The 1973–4 oil crisis was precipitated by the Yom Kippur War between Israel and the Arab states. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) which at that point was dominated by the Arab states, objected to the West’s support of Israel and imposed a sudden increase in oil prices. This had a dramatic effect on the industrialised economies: they suddenly
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First Published 1997
Imprint Routledge
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eBook ISBN 9780203183168
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