The Shah's Imperial Dream

Worldview ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Robert A. Manning
Keyword(s):  
Oil Prices ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
The World

It was hardly more than a year ago that his grandiose dreams were scoffed at as the ranting of a petty tyrant and megalomaniac. In the aftermath of the “energy crisis” and quadrupling of oil prices, however, the world is beginning to think twice about Iran's monarch, Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, or Shahansha (King of Kings), to give him his formal title.Though he came to the throne in 1941, the present Shah of Iran did not really hold the reins of power until the overthrow in 1953 of the militant nationalist premier, Mohammed Mossadegh, in a CIA-sponsored coup.

The Instruments of the Stabilization Fund: The Experience and Prospects

2004 ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mst. Afanasiev
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Federal Budget ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The World

Сreation of the stabilization fund has become the main feature of the Russian federal budget for 2004. This instrument provides the opportunity to reduce the dependence of budget incomes on the fluctuations of oil prices. The accepted model does not consider the world experience in building of such funds as the "funds for future generations", and the increase of other revenues from the growing oil prices as well. That can lead to shortening and immobilization of the financial basis of economic growth.

Will Strategy Prevail over Economics? An Analysis of Charanka Solar Park in Gujarat

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
Saif Siddiqui ◽  
Sumaira Jan
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Solar Power ◽  
Power Production ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
The World ◽  
Made In

The Charanka Solar Park, one of the world’s largest multi-developer and multi-beneficiary solar parks, is the hub of solar power production in India. It contributes about 6 per cent to the total solar power production in the country. Although solar power is more expensive than the traditional power in the country, its sheen is still not high to make it a potential source to eliminate energy crisis not just in India but all across the world. Researchers are continuously pushing their envelope to explore as to why solar energy should be adopted over traditional energy sources irrespective of the fact that it is more expensive. The war between its financial and strategic viability is going on. Efforts are being made in the direction of reducing its costs and making it as a financially viable and strategically active option. This case is an attempt in the same direction. We are using Charanka Solar Park as a base to explore if there is any future for such projects in the country. There are projects which are no doubt operational but their long-term viability is truly questionable.

Chapter II. The World Economy

1986 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 20-29
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Final Demand ◽  
Total Output ◽  
Cold Winter ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Initial Effect ◽  
Small Rise

Fuller data confirm the impression which we formed in May that OECD countries' total output did not change much in the first quarter. It probably increased by about ¼ per cent, with even this small rise attributable wholly to stock movements in the US. Final demand in the US fell and there were declines in total output in a number of countries, including Japan, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and possibly Italy (for which there are conflicting estimates), white France achieved only marginal growth. The fall was notably severe in Germany, where construction suffered badly in the cold winter. This probably had a wider impact also, and, in North America at least, the initial effect of the slump in oil prices seems to have been depressive, with drilling activity sharply reduced, especially in the US. There may also have been a tendency for expenditure, perhaps on investment in particular, to be deferred in the expectation of falling prices and interest rates.

scholarly journals The fluctuations in oil prices in the OPEC countries and the impact on the world oil market

2017 ◽  
pp. 4-8
Author(s):  
Zarina Stepanovna Akhlatyan ◽  
◽  
Natalia Vladimirovna Buryanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Market ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals World Oil: Market or Mayhem?

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L Smith
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Oil Market ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World

Many observers regard the world oil market as a puzzle. Why are oil prices so volatile? Why did prices spike in the summer of 2008, and what role did speculators play? How important is OPEC? Where are oil prices headed in the long run? Is “peak oil” a genuine concern? Any attempt to answer these questions must be informed and disciplined by economics. We examine the evidence on each of these issues and provide an interpretation of developments in the world oil market from the perspective of economic theory.

Summary and Appraisal

1990 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Union ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Labour Party ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
The World

Our forecasts, like those of the Treasury published in the Autumn Statement, are based on the assumption that oil prices will fall back next year, as the crisis in the Gulf is resolved. We describe briefly below what might be the consequences, for the world economy and for Britain, if oil prices were to be $45 a barrel for the foreseeable future, as might happen as a result of a long war.In Chapter I our main forecasts assume the continuation of existing economic policies, which we interpret as being consistent with a gradual move towards economic and monetary union. In Chapter III we consider some of the alternative policy options which might be considered if the Labour Party wins the next election.

α-Fe2O3 spherical nanocrystals supported on CNTs as efficient non-noble electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (33) ◽  
pp. 13635-13640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Sun ◽  
Youzhen Dong ◽  
Gong Zhang ◽  
Jiuhui Qu ◽  
Jinghong Li
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽  
Oxygen Reduction ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reduction Reaction ◽  
Energy Crisis ◽  
Noble Metal Catalysts ◽  
The World ◽  
Wide Energy

Substitution of low-cost and non-noble-metal catalysts for expensive and scarce Pt to optimize the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), aimed for applications in producing economical fuel cells, is crucial for solving the world-wide energy crisis in the future.

Putinomics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Miller
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Economic Strategy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Vladimir Putin

When Vladimir Putin first took power in 1999, he was a little-known figure ruling a country that was reeling from a decade and a half of crisis. In the years since, he has reestablished Russia as a great power. How did he do it? What principles have guided Putin's economic policies? What patterns can be discerned? In this new analysis of Putin's Russia, Chris Miller examines its economic policy and the tools Russia's elite have used to achieve its goals. Miller argues that despite Russia's corruption, cronyism, and overdependence on oil as an economic driver, Putin's economic strategy has been surprisingly successful. Explaining the economic policies that underwrote Putin's two-decades-long rule, Miller shows how, at every juncture, Putinomics has served Putin's needs by guaranteeing economic stability and supporting his accumulation of power. Even in the face of Western financial sanctions and low oil prices, Putin has never been more relevant on the world stage.

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