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Decline of the House of Islamic Fundamentalism: Saudi Arabia’s Declining Oil Revenues

by Bruce Lerro / Capitalist News Interpreted / 29 Dec 2017

In the 1990’s the Saudis needed oil to sell at $20 a barrel (in US dollars) in order to break even. From 2014-2016, oil needed to sell at $80-$100 a barrel to break even. This, combined with the reckless financing of terrorist groups around the world, puts their economy in a very weakened position. When you add the fact that the authoritarian nature of its political rule mobilizes very few of its population to help solve its problems, it produces a recipe for political disaster. As Israel and the Yankees have their own problems, it is hard to imagine Saudi Arabia solving these problems left to their own devices.

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Bruce

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.

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