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May 25, 2012

The Oil Company Not Looking to Create New Jobs

Michael Levi, Council on Foreign Relations

It is nearly impossible to read a pitch for expanding U.S. oil and gas production without being confronted with impressive estimates of how many jobs it will create. Wood Mackenzie has estimated that expanded oil and gas production. . .

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