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"A premium in the oil price of somewhere between 10 to 15 dollars a barrel reflects this heightened anxiety." -- Daniel Yergin
Daniel H. Yergin (born February 6, 1947) is an American author, speaker, and economic researcher. Yergin is the co-founder and chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an energy research consultancy. It was acquired by IHS Energy in 2004.

Born in Los Angeles, California to a Chicago Tribune reporter father and a mother who was a sculptor and painter, Yergin attended Beverly Hills High School. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1968, where he served on the board of the Yale Daily News, and was a founder of The New Journal. He earned his Ph.D. in International Relations (1974) from Cambridge University where he was a Marshall Scholar. He also holds an honorary doctoral degree (1994) from the University of Houston.

Yergin's first major book, Shattered Peace, was a moderately 'revisionist' account of the origins of the Cold War that attributed it chiefly to "tragic misconceptions" on the part of American policymakers who, in the post-World War II years, embraced the "Riga axioms" of George F. Kennan, Loy W. Henderson, Charles E. Bohlen, and Elbridge Durbow rather than the "Yalta axioms" of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Shattered Peace was based on Yergin's Ph.D. dissertation.

Daniel Yergin is best known for The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, a number-one bestseller that won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1992. The book was adapted into a PBS mini-series seen by more than 20 million viewers. Yergin was awarded the 1997 United States Energy Award for "lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding." According to a biographical note in the March/April 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs, Yergin is currently at work on "a new book on oil and geopolitics."

Daniel Yergin also wrote and hosted a PBS production called "The Battle for the World Economy," based upon his book of the same name. This 3-part television production was a documentary about the economic history of the 20th century. Yergin interviewed many high profile people such as Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and Robert Rubin, as well as economists such as John Kenneth Galbraith, Milton Friedman, and Jeffrey Sachs. The series presented economic history as a battle between centralized command economies and free market economies.

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Total Books: 34
A Busca
A Busca [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788580575682
ISBN-10: 8580575680
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The Commanding Heights The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World
The Commanding Heights the Battle Between Government  the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World
The Commanding Heights  The Battle for the World Economy
The Commanding Heights the Battle for the World Economy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780684835693
ISBN-10: 068483569X
Genres: Business & Money, History
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Commanding Heights The Battle for the World Economy
Commanding Heights the Battle for the World Economy [Wg36493] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781578079612
ISBN-10: 1578079616
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The Dependence Dilemma
The Dependence Dilemma (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780819140562
ISBN-10: 0819140562
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Global Energy Challenges and Priorities
Global Energy Challenges and Priorities [Foreign Affairs Editors' Choice] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780876093054
ISBN-10: 0876093055
Genres: Business & Money, Nonfiction
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The Global Politics of Energy
The Global Politics of Energy (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780898434828
ISBN-10: 0898434823
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La Grande Bataille  Les marchs  l'assaut du pouvoir
La Grande Bataille Les Marchs L'assaut Du Pouvoir (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782738107459
ISBN-10: 2738107451
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La Historia del Petroleo
La Historia Del Petroleo [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9789501511192
ISBN-10: 9501511197
Genres: Business & Money, Nonfiction
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The New Map Energy Climate and the Clash of Nations
O Petrleo
O Petrleo [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788577531295
ISBN-10: 8577531295
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The Prize The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power
The Prize the Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780671502485
ISBN-10: 0671502484
Genres: Business & Money, History, Nonfiction
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The Prize  The Epic Quest for Oil Money  Power
The Prize the Epic Quest for Oil Money Power (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780671757052
ISBN-10: 0671757059
Genre: Business & Money
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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The Prize The Epic Quest for Oil Money  Power
The Prize the Epic Quest for Oil Money Power (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780671799328
ISBN-10: 0671799320
Genre: Business & Money
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Prize the Epic Quest for Oil Money  Powerthe Battle for World Mastery
The Quest Energy Security and the Remaking of the Modern World
The Quest The Global Race for Energy Security and Power
Russia 2010  and What It Means for the World
Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780679429951
ISBN-10: 0679429956
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Science & Math
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Shattered Peace Revised Edition
Shattered Peace Revised Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140121773
ISBN-10: 0140121773
Genres: History, Nonfiction
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Shattered peace The origins of the cold war and the national security state