BOOKS

Ruminations on the Distortion of Oil Prices and Crony Capitalism

There is a pervasion of misinformation clouding the public’s understanding of how oil prices are really determined and the policies in place that have rigged the game to benefit the house dealers: the oil industry. In this book, Raymond Learsy discusses how the rich and powerful have gamed a system to the detriment of the vast majority, documenting with cunning commentary and savvy wit how we’ve ended up with $4+ gasoline.
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Oil and Finance: The Epic Corruption Continues

There is a pervasion of misinformation clouding the public’s understanding of how oil prices are really determined and the policies in place that have rigged the game to benefit the house dealers: the oil industry. In this book, Raymond Learsy discusses how the rich and powerful have gamed a system to the detriment of the vast majority, documenting with cunning commentary and savvy wit how we’ve ended up with $4+ gasoline.
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Oil and Finance: The Epic Corruption

Oil is a commodity that is essential to the world's economic well-being. But it is also an industry rife with corruption. In OIL AND FINANCE, author Raymond J. Learsy chronicles the problems within the oil industry and details how these issues affect both US and global politics. More Information | Purchase


Over a Barrel

Longtime commodities trader Raymond J. Learsy explains the real reason behind today's outrageous gas prices by exposing the Mideast oil cartel and revealing how OPEC manipulates the oil markets-and, consequently, threatens the world's economy and American security.

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BIO

Raymond J. Learsy, a graduate of the Wharton School, made his life in the fast-paced, risk-filled world of commodities trading, beginning in 1959. In 1963, he started his own firm and over twenty years expanded from the U.S. into Canada, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Brazil, and Pakistan, trading in an array of bulk raw materials and commodities, shipping to customers worldwide. In the 1980s, he shifted gears as a private investor, from 1982 to 1988, served as a Reagan appointee to the National Endowment for the Arts...