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over beyond. Hello and welcome to the bunker daily I am your host Aleksandro. Oil is a commodity with a curious character. On one hand

it has become an indelible part of our social existence, our food systems, urban spaces, military power and financial architecture.

But at the same time, so much of what oil does for capitalism is invisible.

Its very pervasiveness makes it difficult to see.

Those are the words of today's guest,

a professor of political economy and global development

at the University of Exeter,

and author of a new book,

Crude Capitalism, Oil, Corporate Power and The Making of the World

Market.

Welcome to the bunker Professor Adam Hanyev.

Thank you so much, Alex.

Adam, your book fits within a developing body of literature that seeks to

retell the story of fossil fuels in really broad terms. What do you think was

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