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Books, articles, and essays for further reading
- The Genie out of the Bottle: World Oil since 1970. — Adelman, Morris A.
- Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism. — Akerlof, George A., and Robert J. Shiller.
- Cultural Pessimism: Narratives of Decline in the Postmodern World. — Bennett, Oliver.
- Petrolia: The Landscape of America’s First Oil Boom. — Black, Brian.
- Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century. — Bowers, Tom.
- The Golden Century of Oil 1950–2050: The Depletion of a Resource. — Campbell, Colin J.
- Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, his Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903–2003. — Brinkley, Douglas.
- Oil Crisis. — Campbell, Colin J.
- The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth. — Carnegie, Andrew.
- Silent Spring. — Carson, Rachel.
- The Entropy Law and the Economic Process. — Georgesçu-Roegen, Nicholas.
- Oil Panic and the Global Crisis: Predictions and Myths. — Gorelick, Steven M.
- China—The Engine of a Commodities Super Cycle. — Heap, Alan.
- The Economics and Politics of the United States Oil Industry, 1920–1990: Profits, Populism, and Petroleum. — Isser, Steve.
- The World America Made. — Kagan, Robert.
- First along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement. — Kline, Benjamin
- The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World’s Most Controversial Resource. — Maugeri, Leonardo.
- This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly. — Reinhart, Carmen M., and Kenneth S. Rogoff.
- Irrational Exuberance. — Shiller, Robert.
- Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. — Simmons, Matthew R.
- OPEC: Twenty-Five Years of Prices and Politics. — Skeet, Ian.
- On Borrowed Time?: Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion. — Tilton, John E.
- Energy at the Crossroads. — Smil, Vaclav.
- The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. — Yergin, Daniel.
- The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. — Yergin, Daniel.