Stories tagged with "jeff rubin"

Jeff Rubin: Oil Prices Caused the Current Recession

Posted by Gail the Actuary on November 5, 2008 - 8:40am
Topic: Economics/Finance
Tags: cibc, jeff rubin, oil prices, original, peak oil, recession [list all tags]

Jeff Rubin, Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets, in a recent report, is now saying that the current recession is caused by high oil prices. Defaulting mortgages are only a symptom of the high oil prices. We should be blaming the underlying cause--higher oil prices--rather than the symptom. These higher oil prices caused Japan and the Eurozone to enter into a recession even before the most recent financial problems hit. Higher oil prices started four of the last five world recessions; we shouldn't be too surprised if they started this one also.


Figure 1 - Shows that four out of the past five recessions have followed spikes in oil prices

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Peak Oil Media: "Humans > Yeast?", Moyers, Kunstler, Rubin, Olbermann & Krugman

Posted by Prof. Goose on June 28, 2008 - 8:45am
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: bill moyers, james kunstler, jeff rubin, original, paul krugman, peak oil, peak oil media [list all tags]

A good many videos this week. First, wanna learn about exponential growth? Here's a short video entitled "Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?" (mentions Bob Shaw even!--basically an 8 min version of Al Bartlett's hour talk over at GPM on exponential growth) Perhaps a smidge rudimentary for this crowd, but pay special attention to the three points around 5:45 into the video.

Under the fold, a few short videos apropos of the problems we face: Bill Moyers on PBS provocatively talking big oil last night, Kunstler talking the long emergency on CBC, Jeff Rubin on CNBC talking $7 gas, VMT, light rail, and other things, and then finally Olbermann and Krugman talking both US presidential candidates' "energy policy." Include other links in the comments.

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Peak Oil Media 9-6-07

Posted by Prof. Goose on October 6, 2007 - 9:00am
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: export land model, jeff rubin, oil, peak oil, peak oil media, rubin, t. boone pickens [list all tags]

Oil suppliers are tightening taps says Jeff Rubin, CIBC World Markets chief economist, because they're using more and more themselves. (Oct 2, CNBC, 5 min, hat tip to Energy Bulletin, Moral Equivalent of War, and Graphoilology). If you're interested in more from Rubin, check out his slides entitled "OPEC's Call on Itself" here (pdf warning).

It all sounds like what Jeffrey Brown has been saying regarding his Export Land Model. Good on you Jeff.

T. Boone Pickens shares his outlook on oil. (Sept 19, CNBC, 5 min)

Connect to other peak oil media or comment on these below. Send the link to friends or put it in comment boxes on other sites! (Kenneth Heebner is under the fold, by he way...)

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