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Martin H. Barnes

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  1. Well, I joined their forecasting division, which is part of their corporate planning department, trying to figure out where global economic growth was going, and then forecasting energy demand. And within that oil demand, of course. And that was a key input into BP's planning process. But of course, when I joined in January 1973, oil was $3 a barrel, had been for a long time, and of course all future projections were based on the assumption that oil would be $3 a barrel. And by the end of 1973, guess what happened?

    2016-10-07 · Masters in Business · Interview With Martin H. Barnes: Masters in Business (Audio) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

  2. That's right. What was that like? That means I've been working as an economist for 43 years, which means I'm a very confused person. I was going to

    2016-10-07 · Masters in Business · Interview With Martin H. Barnes: Masters in Business (Audio) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source