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The Rise and Fall of Texas Oil Fortunes

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Oil
(Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas oil fields, and the oil barons they created, have had an outsized influence on modern America. Bryan Burroughs, author of The Big Rich, tells us about the rise and fall of Texas oil fortunes.


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  • [1] hjs from 11211 January 28, 2009 - 12:18PM

    i always wonder if the USA had not taken texas and california, would mexico be the superpower? think about all the oil and gold


  • [2] anonyme from ny January 28, 2009 - 12:32PM

    I know one of the Murchisons and he pronounces the ch lie chester.
  • [3] Maureen Nevin Duffy from Asbury Park, NJ January 28, 2009 - 12:36PM

    I didn't hear you mention Vendetta, The Smearing of Edmond Safra, among Bryan's books.
  • [4] robert from park slope January 28, 2009 - 12:38PM

    Was the Texas oil lobby instrumental in promoting the Iraq war? If so, what was their motivation?
  • [5] wanda January 28, 2009 - 12:47PM

    clint murchison -- why does that name sound familiar ?? and not in a good way


  • [6] bob h from NJ January 28, 2009 - 12:57PM

    Listening to this fascinating segment, I wondered whether these are the sort of men who could have arranged for the assassination of a President; frankly, I would have considered them along with the Mafia.

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