Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago

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Former Chief Economist, CIBC World Markets, Jeff Rubin, speaks with Studio 4 with Host Fanny Kiefer. Just as people require food, economies require energy. The relationship is straightforward: economic growth is a function of energy consumption. With national economies around the world once again forced to pay more than $100 for every barrel of oil consumed, a critical question must be asked—what happens when the world's most important source of energy becomes unaffordable?
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