Is oil a stranded asset? Or is the system defunct? This thought-provoking talk was given by Andy Higginbottom, Associate Professor in the Politics Department of Kingston University in Britain. Andy has a long involvement in international solidarity campaigns and social movements in Colombia, South Africa and Eelam Tamils.

In this talk he looks at Marx’s theory of rent as surplus profit and its parallels within the oil markets.

 

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Part 5