{"product_id":"blood-oil-tyrants-violence-and-the-rules-that-run-the-world-9780190659967","title":"Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules That Run the World","description":"Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world. Petrocrats like Putin and the Saudis spend resource money on weapons and oppression; militants in Iraq and in the Congo spend resource money on radicalization and ammunition. Resource-fueled authoritarians and extremists present endless crises to the West-and the source of their resource power is ultimately ordinary consumers, doing their everyday shopping at the gas station and the mall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this sweeping book, one of today's leading political philosophers, Leif Wenar, goes behind the headlines in search of the hidden global rule that thwarts democracy and development-and that puts shoppers into business with some of today's most dangerous men. Wenar discovers a rule that once licensed the slave trade and apartheid and genocide, a rule whose abolition has marked some of humanity's greatest triumphs--yet a rule that still enflames tyranny and war and terrorism through today's multi-trillion dollar resource trade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood Oil \u003c\/em\u003eshows how the West can now lead a peaceful revolution by ending its dependence on authoritarian oil, and by getting consumers out of business with the men of blood. The book describes practical strategies for upgrading world trade: for choosing new rules that will make us more secure at home, more trusted abroad, and better able to solve pressing global problems like climate change. \u003cem\u003eBlood Oil\u003c\/em\u003e shows citizens, consumers, and leaders how we can act together today to create a more united human future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190659967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Leif Wenar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576538165429,"sku":"9780190659967","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ec273526-f3b5-4abc-a67f-b678d04049d8.jpg?v=1724175643","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blood-oil-tyrants-violence-and-the-rules-that-run-the-world-9780190659967","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}