How oil prices led to the global economic downturn

Jeff Rubin, author, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization on November 04, 2010
Tags: global economy, oil prices, energy inflation, regional economy

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Jeff Rubin, top-ranked economist and author of Canada's National Business Book Award winner for 2010: Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization, discusses the current and future state of the global economy and the role that souring oil prices played in energy inflation and the global recession.