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What Philip Pilkington does not mention is that the economic warfare program that the US has adopted and its allies have mostly gone along with is a informal declaration that the era of free markets, free trade and free flow of capital is now over. The US-led West has shifted from a peacetime to a wartime economy.The other factor left unmentioned is "The Great Reset," meaning especially the transition from carbon-based energy sources to alternatives in order to address climate change.Both of these shifts are in the process of exerting powerful influences on the world system and the world economy and global trade in particular.The PostThe Russian oil price cap won’t workPhilip PilkingtonSee alsoHad to be devised by economists (who don't know how the system works).Spoils of WarOil is
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What Philip Pilkington does not mention is that the economic warfare program that the US has adopted and its allies have mostly gone along with is a informal declaration that the era of free markets, free trade and free flow of capital is now over. The US-led West has shifted from a peacetime to a wartime economy.What Philip Pilkington does not mention is that the economic warfare program that the US has adopted and its allies have mostly gone along with is a informal declaration that the era of free markets, free trade and free flow of capital is now over. The US-led West has shifted from a peacetime to a wartime economy.The other factor left unmentioned is "The Great Reset," meaning especially the transition from carbon-based energy sources to alternatives in order to address climate change.Both of these shifts are in the process of exerting powerful influences on the world system and the world economy and global trade in particular.The PostThe Russian oil price cap won’t workPhilip PilkingtonSee alsoHad to be devised by economists (who don't know how the system works).Spoils of WarOil is
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The other factor left unmentioned is "The Great Reset," meaning especially the transition from carbon-based energy sources to alternatives in order to address climate change.
Both of these shifts are in the process of exerting powerful influences on the world system and the world economy and global trade in particular.
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The Russian oil price cap won’t work
Philip Pilkington
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Had to be devised by economists (who don't know how the system works).
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- While a $60-per-barrel oil price cap may sound straightforward, implementing it in what is a complex market could get very messy.
- Physical oil is nearly never traded at fixed prices, instead being sold at a premium or discount to the forward prices of major benchmarks.
- Traders are now worried they might inadvertently violate the cap while banks are increasingly worried about the high compliance risk.
The Russian Oil Price Cap Isn’t As Simple As It Seems
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