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By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess.

— Anonymous

Europe and North America, we are told, are less dependent on energy-intensive heavy industry than in the 1960s and 1970s. It seems we squeeze…

— James Buchan

Indeed, Britain was set to repeat the old, familiar cycle of boom and bust. Since then, we have created and rigorously adhered to a…

— Gordon Brown

The significant collapse of oil prices shows that it was previously way too high.

— Wolfgang Schauble

Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy.

— Rodrigo Rato

From the 1920s into the 1940s, Britain's standard of living was supported by oil from Iran. British cars, trucks, and buses ran on cheap…

— Stephen Kinzer

We know that inflation distorts economic behavior. In the 1970s, a combination of high tax rates and inflation prompted investors to flee production in…

— Nina Easton

The 1970s must be the years when America pays its debt to the past by reclaiming the purity of its air, its waters, and…

— Richard M. Nixon

The last 15 years we had one of the biggest economic booms. But I think a few bubbles have burst in a few countries.…

— Gavin Friday

Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive…

— James Buchan

Oil and gas was an up-and-down business, at best.

— Philip Anschutz

We went into a recession in 2008 because of gasoline prices. The bubble burst in housing because people couldn’t pay their mortgages because of…

— Rick Santorum