March 2014

Oil as a Staple

“By 1901, Baku produced half the world’s oil…Baku was a melting pot of pitiful poverty and incredible wealth…he derricks and the refineries poisoned the city and corrupted the people…il townships…

On The Crimea Referendum

Okay, Crimea has had its referendum, and apparently over 95% of those who voted, chose to align with Russia. I don’t know the full context of the politics in Crimea.…

Monday Morning Links

Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Nafeez Ahmed writes about the dangers of combining growing inequality and increased resource extraction: By investigating the human-nature dynamics of these past cases…

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