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Global Impact Of Economic Shocks | The Reconfiguration of the World of 1973 | 4

April 7

42 mins

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From the formation of OPEC to the Yom Kippur War, Peter and Afua trace how oil-producing nations finally seized control of their most powerful weapon — and how the shock of 1973 sent the entire global economy into freefall, from petrol queues in Europe to coups in Africa.

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