by Oilprice.com • • Comments Off on In Search Of Russia’s Lost Fracking Boom
Gazprom’s mega-deal with China sent shockwaves around the world. But Gazprom might not be able to honor the deal if shale reserves are not tapped soon. And that might not happen because capitalism à la russe is a harsh mistress.
by Wolf Richter • • Comments Off on This Debt Is Explosive, And it Sits on the Shelf Everywhere, Waiting to go off
I was interviewed by Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues for “Janela na web” (a Portuguese site) and the printed edition of Expresso. After what I said, he might never interview me again :-]
by Oilprice.com • • Comments Off on What Iraq’s Disintegration Means for Oil Markets
Executive Report, ISA Intel: OPEC’s 2nd largest producer has the 5th largest reserves in the world and is one of the last places with enormous amounts of underexplored low-cost oil.
by Don Quijones • • Comments Off on Sex, Drugs and Dodgy Accounting: Spain’s New Growth Strategy
When it comes to creative accounting, few can hold a candle to Spain’s finance minister Cristobal Montoro, who unveiled his latest scheme to “grow” the economy: adding prostitution and illegal drugs to GDP to solve a host of urgent problems.
by Michael Gorback, M.D. • • Comments Off on Buying Health Insurance: A Pig in a Poke
When you buy health insurance, you only think you know what you’re buying. You know parameters such as the deductible, coinsurance, and other nonspecific things. But the devil doesn’t lurk in nonspecific things.
