The Price at the Pump: The Current Cost of Oil and the Global Economy

Subtitle: 
Panel discussion on the current fluidity of the oil market
Activity Type: 
Lecture
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Date: 
Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 12:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
4217 Posvar Hall

Why is there a drop in gas prices? What or who is behind it?What is the time frame and what should we expect in the future? How does it impacts policies in the US, Middle East, Russia and Nigeria?

Panel Presenters:
• Laura Paler, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
• Daniel Berkowitz, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
• Buba Misawa, Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington and Jefferson College

UCIS Unit: 
Center for African Studies
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Global Studies Center
World Regions: 
International