WHAT’S UP WITH OPEC?  

The World

Oil prices jumped 5% today. Among the possible causes cited? OPEC looking to reduce oil supply. Host Marco Werman gets a reality check from Ellen Wald, a historian of the energy industry and the Western relationship with oil from the Middle East. They discuss the power of OPEC, the oil cartel that first flexed its muscles in the 1970’s.

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