Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World
Written by Bethany McLean
Narrated by Sarah Mollo-Christensen
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Bestselling author Bethany McLean reveals the true story of fracking's impact—on Wall Street, the economy and geopolitics.
The technology of fracking in shale rock—particularly in the Permian Basin in Texas—has transformed America into the world's top producer of both oil and natural gas. The U.S. is expected to be "energy independent" and a "net exporter" in less than a decade, a move that will upend global politics, destabilize Saudi Arabia, crush Russia's chokehold over Europe, and finally bolster American power again.
Or Will it?
Investigative journalist and bestselling author Bethany McLean digs deep into the cycles of boom and bust that has plagued the American oil industry for the past decade, from the financial wizardry and mysterious death of fracking pioneer Aubrey McClendon, to the speculators who are betting on America's ascendance and the collapse of OPEC in the great game of geopolitics. McLean finds that fracking is a business built on attracting ever-more gigantic amounts of capital investment, while promises of huge returns have often not borne out. Overeagerness in partaking in a boom can lead to all types of problems and just as she did with the Enron story, in Saudi America McLean points out the reality and the risks of the inflated promises of the fracking boom.
Bethany McLean
Bethany McLean is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the host of the podcast Making a Killing. She is also the co-host, along with Luigi Zingales, of the podcast Capitalisn’t. Her books include The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron, which she co-authored with Peter Elkind, and All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis, which she co-authored with Joe Nocera. She is a columnist for Yahoo Finance, a contributor to CNBC, and a board member at the University of Chicago’s Stigler Center.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brief and relevant. A well written version of fracking 101.