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Change OracleFossil Fuels as the Cause of the Global PolycrisisIn this powerful episode, we dive into the fossil fuel industry's pivotal role in what experts now call the polycrisis—the interwoven collapse of our environmental, economic, and social systems. Featuring insights from the Post Carbon Institute’s Richard Heinberg and Asher Miller, and political economist Adam Hanieh, we explore how our addiction to oil, gas, and coal is not only fueling climate chaos but blocking meaningful change through disinformation and political influence. Discover why fossil fuels are at the heart of the global unravelling—and what it will take to break free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...2025-04-2321 min
Economics For the PeopleEP18: The Political Economy of the Middle EastIn our feature segment this month, Taki and Sirisha have a wide-ranging conversation with Professor Adam Hanieh about the Gulf Countries. We spoke about class, highlighting that these countries are […] The post EP18: The Political Economy of the Middle East appeared first on KKFI.2025-03-2958 min
A Correction PodcastAdam Hanieh on Crude CapitalismAdam Hanieh is Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the University of Exeter, Hanieh specializes in capitalism and imperialism in the Middle East. He is the author of Crude Capitalism.
Subscribe to our newsletter todayA note from Lev:I am a high school teacher of history and economics at a public high school in NYC, and began the podcast to help demystify political economy for teachers. The podcast is now within the top 2% of podcasts worldwide in terms of listeners (per Listen Notes) and individual episodes are frequently listed by The Syllab...2025-02-2500 min
The afikra PodcastCrude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market | Prof Adam HaniehIn this episode of The afikra Podcast, host Mikey Muhanna speaks with Professor Adam Hanieh, author of "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market," to discuss the transformative role of oil in shaping global economics and politics. The conversation delves into the historical context of oil production, including the rise of Standard Oil and the dominance of the Seven Sisters, the emergence of the term "petrodollars," OPEC's influence, and the strategic movements of oil in the global market. The discussion also addresses the implications of oil on geopolitical relations, particularly in the Middle East...2025-02-201h 01
Upstream[TEASER] World on FireThis is a free preview of the episode "World on Fire." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you'll get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. access to bi-weekly bonus episodes ranging from conversations to readings and more. Signing up for Patreon is a great way to make Up...2025-01-1116 min
New Books in Economic and Business HistoryAdam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the plastics used to produce and transport our consumer goods, to name just a few prominent uses. How did oil come to occupy its central position in the world economy? How did corporate power shape the uptake, pricing, and distribution of oil and petrochemicals? And how have changes in oil markets affected broader trends in the global economy? In Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), my guest Adam Hanieh tackles all of t...2024-11-021h 34
New Books in Critical TheoryAdam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the plastics used to produce and transport our consumer goods, to name just a few prominent uses. How did oil come to occupy its central position in the world economy? How did corporate power shape the uptake, pricing, and distribution of oil and petrochemicals? And how have changes in oil markets affected broader trends in the global economy? In Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), my guest Adam Hanieh tackles all of t...2024-11-021h 34
New Books in FinanceAdam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the plastics used to produce and transport our consumer goods, to name just a few prominent uses. How did oil come to occupy its central position in the world economy? How did corporate power shape the uptake, pricing, and distribution of oil and petrochemicals? And how have changes in oil markets affected broader trends in the global economy? In Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), my guest Adam Hanieh tackles all of t...2024-11-021h 34
New Books in EconomicsAdam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the plastics used to produce and transport our consumer goods, to name just a few prominent uses. How did oil come to occupy its central position in the world economy? How did corporate power shape the uptake, pricing, and distribution of oil and petrochemicals? And how have changes in oil markets affected broader trends in the global economy? In Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), my guest Adam Hanieh tackles all of t...2024-11-021h 34
New Books in Environmental StudiesAdam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the plastics used to produce and transport our consumer goods, to name just a few prominent uses. How did oil come to occupy its central position in the world economy? How did corporate power shape the uptake, pricing, and distribution of oil and petrochemicals? And how have changes in oil markets affected broader trends in the global economy? In Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), my guest Adam Hanieh tackles all of t...2024-11-021h 34
New Books in World AffairsAdam Hanieh, "Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market" (Verso, 2024)Oil is everywhere. It’s in our cars, it’s in the fertilizer used to grow our food, and it’s in the plastics used to produce and transport our consumer goods, to name just a few prominent uses. How did oil come to occupy its central position in the world economy? How did corporate power shape the uptake, pricing, and distribution of oil and petrochemicals? And how have changes in oil markets affected broader trends in the global economy? In Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso, 2024), my guest Adam Hanieh tackles all of t...2024-11-021h 34
shado in focusPipeline to genocide: BP's oil route to Israel by EEFPWelcome to our first ever episode of shado in focus. Today's article in focus is brought to us by Energy Embargo for Palestine, an anti-imperialist climate group based in Britain, who break down the role of BP and the British state in fuelling the Zionist genocide.What can you do?Join Energy Embargo for Palestine by filling in this form.Follow Energy Embargo for Palestine on Instagram and X and attend their protestsEnergy Embargo for Palestine is a coalition member in the Palestinian Youth Movement’s Mask off Maersk campaign, disrupting the weapons...2024-10-1633 min
Upstream[UNLOCKED] Oil, Monopoly Capitalism, and Imperialism w/ Adam HaniehOil is much more than just a source of energy—it’s a commodity that has shaped—and has been shaped—by the forces of capitalism perhaps more so than any other commodity. The story of oil is one of monopoly capitalism, one of imperialism, one of cheap labor, resource extraction, ecosystem devastation, climate change, assassinations, environmental disasters, genocides—the list goes on. Oil is the commodity which not just lubricates the actual, literal machinery driving the system—but which also lubricates the entire process of U.S. imperialism—the blood flowing through the empire’s many tentacles wrapped around the globe...2024-10-031h 32
Upstream[TEASER] Oil, Monopoly Capitalism, and Imperialism w/ Adam HaniehThis is a free preview of the episode "Oil, Monopoly Capitalism, and Imperialism w/ Adam Hanieh." You can listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/upstreampodcast As a Patreon subscriber you will get access to at least one bonus episode a month (usually two or three), our entire back catalog of Patreon episodes, early access to certain episodes, and other benefits like stickers and bumper stickers—depending on which tier you subscribe to. You’ll also be helping to keep Upstream sustainable and allowing us to keep this project going...2024-09-0319 min
The Bunker – News without the nonsenseCrude Awakening: Why oil still shapes everythingOil, and the industry around it, has a huge influence on our world. From our social existence and food systems to urban spaces, military power and financial architecture. But how did oil and capitalism become so intertwined? And in what ways does oil control our entire social structure, beyond providing a source of energy or transport fuel? Alex Andreou is joined by University of Exeter professor and author of Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market Adam Hanieh to discuss how our oil-dependency defines our lives. Buy Crude Capitalism: Oil, Co...2024-08-2237 min
UpstreamPalestine Pt. 10: Healing from Zionism w/ Meital Yaniv"What Israel is doing right now has nothing to do with antisemitism. What Israel is doing right now is a genocide. What Israel has been doing for the past 75 years is apartheid, is occupation. There is no need for any one of us to serve in the IDF. The IDF should not exist. The state of Israel should not exist." These are the words of a former Israeli soldier turned anti-Zionist organizer: Meital Yaniv. Meital describes themself as a “death laborer tending to a prayer for the liberation of the land of Palestine” and has recently written the...2024-06-181h 02
MacrodoseThe Break Down (Extra): Oil, Palestine and the Climate Crisis w/ Adam HaniehAt the time of this recording, over 35,000 Palestinians had been killed, 80,000 wounded and 1.7 million internally displaced as a result of Israel's assault on Gaza. Alongside this profound loss has been the deliberate destruction of infrastructure and the 'ecocide' of Gaza's environment, from its cropland to its water and sewage systems.
In this extra episode of The Break Down, Adam Hanieh, a Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, and a founding member of the Centre for Palestine Studies at SOAS, University of London, explains the threads link...2024-06-1031 min
The BREAK—DOWNSpecial Episode: Oil, Palestine and Climate Crisis w/ Adam HaniehIn this special episode, Adam Hanieh explains the threads linking the global oil economy; more than a century of Western imperialism; contemporary American interests in the Middle East; and the response of governments in the US, UK and much of Europe to the ongoing genocide and ecocide in Gaza. Ultimately, he explains why these overlapping histories demand shared solidarity between the climate movement and the movement for a free Palestine.2024-06-0631 min
The BREAK—DOWNEpisode 2: A World Made of Oil w/ Adam HaniehOil is fundamental to our understanding of the climate crisis. But despite its starring role, the dominance of oil in the global energy system is a relatively recent phenomenon, with the industry only really taking off after the Second World War. So how, in just a few decades, did oil become so integral to American power and to our understanding of global capitalism?In this episode of the Break Down, Adrienne and Adam Hanieh break down the history and geopolitics of oil and imperialism, and explore how the petrochemicals and plastics that now permeate our lives, from...2024-06-061h 05
MacrodoseThe Break Down: A World Made of Oil w/ Adam HaniehOver the coming weeks Macrodose will be co-publishing The Break Down - a new series created by our friends over at Common Wealth.
This series is dedicated to examining the role of capitalism in the climate and ecological crisis, and will feature long-form interviews with former Roundtable guest Adrienne Buller.
Today Adrienne is joined by Adam Hanieh, Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the University of Exeter. His latest book, Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso) is out September 2024.
Oil is fundamental to our un...2024-06-061h 07
UpstreamPalestine Pt. 6: One State with Ghada KarmiIt may seem like a distant dream to imagine that the decades-long settler-colonial project which is Israel could finally end and transform into a state where all faiths, ethnicities, and cultures could thrive together in their diversity and equality. It seems like a distant dream because, as we all know, the reality that we’re witnessing is the opposite of that — it’s an escalation of an already ruthless and bloody ethnic cleansing campaign that officially began in 1948. Although a democratic, multi-ethnic, multicultural, multi-religious state may seem like an exercise in imagination, it’s hardly a futile pursuit...2024-01-021h 07
UpstreamPalestine Pt. 5: The Political Economy of Palestine with Adam HaniehThe ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip has been front and center in the world’s attention for the last couple of months, and it's important that we keep it there. But it's also important to remember that this latest escalation in violence is just that: an escalation, an increase in violence in a region where violence is the norm, not just militarily but also politically and economically — what we might call structural violence. The suffering in Palestine has been seen primarily as a humanitarian issue for decades now, but the reality is that reducing Palestine to a ma...2023-12-191h 01
Casa ÁrabeAAU 4.6. The Gulf States and East Asia: Rethinking Middle East Oil in the Global EconomySixth lecture of the Aula Arabe Universitaria 4 programme, by Adam Hanieh, professor at the University of Exeter.
The Gulf states remain a critical zone of global oil production and exports, despite some recent diversification in their economies. For this reason, Adam Hanieh`s lecture, Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, will survey the new trajectories of the Gulf’s oil in global capitalism, focusing on the deepening interdependencies that are emerging between the Gulf states and East Asia in both crude oil exports, and crucia...2023-01-311h 44
Casa ÁrabeAAU 4.6 Los Estados Del Golfo y Asia Oriental: repensar el petróleo de Oriente Medio en la economía mundialSexta conferencia del programa Aula Árabe Universitaria 4, a cargo de Adam Hanieh, profesor de la Universidad de Exeter.
Los Estados del Golfo siguen siendo una zona crucial en la producción y exportación de hidrocarburos a nivel mundial, a pesar de la reciente diversificación de sus economías. Por este motivo, la conferencia del profesor Adam Hanieh, catedrático de Economía Política y Desarrollo Global en el Instituto de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos (IAIS) de la Universidad de Exeter, examinará las nuevas trayectorias que recorre el petróleo del Golfo en el capitalismo mundial...2023-01-311h 44
Lauschter Mol!#17 - Europa (an Krisen)An dëser Episod gett et - an aussergeweinlechen Ëmstenn - em d’Thema Europadag an d‘europäesch Unioun. Mir kucken eis d’Entstehungsgeschicht vun der EU aus der Perspektiv vun hieren Kisen un, analyseieren hier Legitimatioun an probeieren produktiv un Leisungen ze schaffen.
Musik: Bilderbuch – Europa 22
Referenzen – Lies mol!:
- Costas Lapavitsas, The Left Case against the EU
- The Brexit Crisis, a Verso Report
- Edward Said, Orientalism
- Sternstunde Philosophie: Europa (Youtube, SRF)
- Nicole Schöndorfer, Darf S...2022-05-2137 min
Multi Story ThinkingSeries 3 trailerA brief trailer for the upcoming series 3 of the Muti Story Thinking Podcast on Interior design. In series 3 we cover wellbeing, design careers, tips, and advice and we break out into the garden. Series 1 launched in Autumn 2019 with Naomi Cleaver and a Meet the Supplier version with Foscarini followed up with Kirsty Angerer, Anna Hart, Julienne Webster, Adam Parsons, Rachel Forster, Dr. Craig Knight, Caroline Buckingham, Tim Wadsworth, Iris Dunbar, IVC's Ivo Schintz, and a return for Kirsty Angerer to discuss working from home during the Covid 19 pandemic Series 2 featured chats with Marianne Shillingford, Ella...2020-11-2401 minThe Multi Story Thinking Podcast on Interior DesignSeries 3 trailerA brief trailer for the upcoming series 3 of the Muti Story Thinking Podcast on Interior design. In series 3 we cover wellbeing, design careers, tips, and advice and we break out into the garden. Series 1 launched in Autumn 2019 with Naomi Cleaver and a Meet the Supplier version with Foscarini followed up with Kirsty Angerer, Anna Hart, Julienne Webster, Adam Parsons, Rachel Forster, Dr. Craig Knight, Caroline Buckingham, Tim Wadsworth, Iris Dunbar, IVC's Ivo Schintz, and a return for Kirsty Angerer to discuss working from home during the Covid 19 pandemic Series 2 featured chats with Marianne Shillingford, Ella...2020-11-2401 min
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesAdam Hanieh, "Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2018)When most Westerners think of the Gulf, the first thing that comes to mind is often oil. However, as Adam Hanieh demonstrates in Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2018), the economies of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait are about more than just the “black gold.” Conglomerates and state-owned firms from this region have become major players throughout the Middle East and the broader global economies in sectors like agribusiness, finance, real estate, and logistics. In the process, processes of class and state form...2020-09-011h 15
Exchanges: A Cambridge UP PodcastAdam Hanieh, "Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2018)When most Westerners think of the Gulf, the first thing that comes to mind is often oil. However, as Adam Hanieh demonstrates in Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2018), the economies of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait are about more than just the “black gold.” Conglomerates and state-owned firms from this region have become major players throughout the Middle East and the broader global economies in sectors like agribusiness, finance, real estate, and logistics. In the process, processes of class and state form...2020-09-011h 15New Books in FinanceAdam Hanieh, "Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East" (Cambridge UP, 2018)When most Westerners think of the Gulf, the first thing that comes to mind is often oil. However, as Adam Hanieh demonstrates in Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East (Cambridge UP, 2018), the economies of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Kuwait are about more than just the “black gold.” Conglomerates and state-owned firms from this region have become major players throughout the Middle East and the broader global economies in sectors like agribusiness, finance, real estate, and logistics. In the process, processes of class and state form...2020-09-011h 12
Politics of COVID-19 Podcast - The Syllabus#88 Triple shock in the global south - oil, debt, and Covid-19 w/ Adam Hanieh Podcast: Politics Theory Other (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: #88 Triple shock in the global south - oil, debt, and Covid-19 w/ Adam HaniehPub date: 2020-05-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAdam Hanieh joins me to talk about the challenges Covid-19 and the debt crisis pose to countries in the global south, how western economic and military intervention has undermined state capacity needed to combat the pandemic, and finally we discussed Adam's argument that the crisis may paradoxically be in certain respects beneficial for...2020-05-3126 min
Tribune RadioPolitics Theory Other // Triple shock in the global south - oil, debt, and Covid-19 w/ Adam HaniehAdam Hanieh joins me to talk about the challenges Covid-19 and the debt crisis pose to countries in the global south, how western economic and military intervention has undermined state capacity needed to combat the pandemic, and finally we discussed Adam's argument that the crisis may paradoxically be in certain respects beneficial for the oil majors and the richest oil producing countries - in spite of last month's collapse in oil prices.2020-05-3026 min
Politics Theory Other#88 Triple shock in the global south - oil, debt, and Covid-19 w/ Adam HaniehAdam Hanieh joins me to talk about the challenges Covid-19 and the debt crisis pose to countries in the global south, how western economic and military intervention has undermined state capacity needed to combat the pandemic, and finally we discussed Adam's argument that the crisis may paradoxically be in certain respects beneficial for the oil majors and the richest oil producing countries - in spite of last month's collapse in oil prices.
Our conversation was prompted by two articles by Adam for the Verso books blog:
This is a Global Pandemic – Let’s Treat it as Such
https://www.versobooks.com...2020-05-2826 min
Spring 2014 | Public lectures and events | VideoNeoliberal Development in Palestine and the Regional ContextContributor(s): Dr Adam Hanieh | The lecture will draw on Adam Hanieh's new book, Lineages of Revolt, and recent fieldwork in the West Bank, to examine the political economy of Palestinian neoliberalism in the most recent period. The talk will discuss the essential contours of Palestinian Authority development strategy, its links to donor-led imperatives and the Israeli occupation, as well as the wider regional political economy. In addition to addressing the differential outcomes of this development model, the talk will look at the political implications and potential points of resistance to neoliberalism in the Palestinian context. Adam Hanieh is a...2014-02-2454 minSpring 2014 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfNeoliberal Development in Palestine and the Regional ContextContributor(s): Dr Adam Hanieh | The lecture will draw on Adam Hanieh's new book, Lineages of Revolt, and recent fieldwork in the West Bank, to examine the political economy of Palestinian neoliberalism in the most recent period. The talk will discuss the essential contours of Palestinian Authority development strategy, its links to donor-led imperatives and the Israeli occupation, as well as the wider regional political economy. In addition to addressing the differential outcomes of this development model, the talk will look at the political implications and potential points of resistance to neoliberalism in the Palestinian context. Adam Hanieh is a...2014-02-2454 min
LSE Middle East Centre PodcastsNeoliberal Development in Palestine and the Regional ContextSpeakes: Adam Hanieh, SOAS
Chair: Kamil Mehdi, LSE Middle East Centre
In this talk, Dr Hanieh draws on his new book, 'Lineages of Revolt', as well as recent fieldwork in the West Bank, to examine the political economy of Palestinian neoliberalism in the most recent period. He discusses the essential contours of Palestinian Authority development strategy, its links to donor-led imperatives and the Israeli occupation, as well as the wider regional political economy. Recorded on 24 February 2014.2014-02-2456 min
The Egyptian Revolution, One Year OnPanel 1 | Preludes and Explanations Re-scaling Egypt's Political Economy: Neoliberalism and the Transformation of the Regional SpaceAdam Hanieh of the School of Oriental and African Studies considers the connection between international and regional patterns in Egypt's neoliberal order under Mubarak.2012-05-2522 minThe Egyptian Revolution, One Year OnPanel 1 | Preludes and Explanations Re-scaling Egypt's Political Economy: Neoliberalism and the Transformation of the Regional SpaceAdam Hanieh of the School of Oriental and African Studies considers the connection between international and regional patterns in Egypt's neoliberal order under Mubarak.2012-05-2522 minThe Egyptian Revolution, One Year OnPanel 1 | Preludes and Explanations Re-scaling Egypt's Political Economy: Neoliberalism and the Transformation of the Regional SpaceAdam Hanieh of the School of Oriental and African Studies considers the connection between international and regional patterns in Egypt's neoliberal order under Mubarak.2012-05-2522 min
Alert! RadioAlert! Radio - Episode 174Award winning author and film maker Saul Landau talks about the significance of the attack on Wisconsin public sector unions led by Governor Scott Walker and the importance of the fight-back. Palestinian writer and activist Adam Hanieh gives an in depth explanation of the causes of the Arab revolt, where they are headed and the interest of the US in restricting its aspirations.2011-02-2400 min