Three Reasons Why Politicians Must Leave Oil Markets Alone

Tags: Interventionism, Price Controls

04/21/2020 Troy Vincent

Efforts by US policymakers to boost crude prices and to throw a lifeline to high-cost US crude producers is the exact opposite of what prices are telling us the market needs at this time.

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Original Article: “Three Reasons Why Politicians Must Leave Oil Markets Alone“

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