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Saudi Arabia and the End of the Rentier State

Saudi Arabia and the End of the Rentier State

With a young, restless population and decreased oil revenues, Saudi Arabia needs to abandon its rentier economic system and build a more sustainable model.

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The US Economy: 'We Are Losing Our Way'

The US Economy: 'We Are Losing Our Way'

The U.S. has not just misplaced its priorities. When the most powerful country ever to inhabit the earth finds it so easy to plunge into the horror of warfare but almost impossible to find adequate work for its people or to properly educate its young, it has lost its way entirely. Nearly 14 million Americans are jobless and the outlook for many of them is grim.

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It's the Electric Vehicles, Stupid

It's the Electric Vehicles, Stupid

Want to save the planet?  I do.  Want to save money, the public health, energy and not be reliant on Big Oil?  Me too. Okay, here’s the equation then:  Internal combustion engines are inherently inefficient – losing as much as 85% of the power that goes into the gas tank along the way to moving […]

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Big New Renewable Energy Initiatives

Big New Renewable Energy Initiatives

There is yet more headline news on the renewable energy front.  On offshore wind, I’ve been noting some of the positive developments in several of the last posts.  Go-ahead for wind to generate 70,000 jobs in Britain is the word from the FT.  General Electric, Gamesa and Siemens all announced plans to build big new […]

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