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I hope I am not alone in being slightly surprised that, after the serious recessions experienced in the west and Japan as a consequence of the two oil shocks of the 1970s – when huge increases in the price removed purchasing power and caused a serious inflationary spiral – the reverse movement in oil prices should also be considered an all-round disaster.
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