Joel Clarke Gibbons

The Empire Strikes a Match in a World Full of Oil Joel Clarke Gibbons brings a remarkably broad experience and study to bear on understanding the international affairs and the role of America in the world. He is a noted scholar, holding doctoral degrees in both mathematics from Northwestern University, and economics from the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago, and he has published extensively in both fields, including four other books. He has spent most of his career however in the investment markets as a trader, strategist, and entrepreneur. He founded his own trading firm, Logistic Research & Trading Co., in 1994. He has the rare ability to address deep philosophical questions without losing sight of how they relate to practical everyday experience. www.logisticresearch.com