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Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Global Energy Expert for the CNBC business news network, is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics. Dr. Yergin received the Pulitzer Prize for the number one bestseller The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, which was also made into an eight-hour PBS/BBC series seen by 20 million people in the United States. The book has been translated into 12 languages. It also received the Eccles Prize for best book on an economic subject for a general audience.Of Dr. Yergin’s subsequent book, Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, the... Read full bio

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Excerpt 1 from The Prize
Aug 16, 2012
The Prize will be released on April 05, 2011 in eBook
Apr 05, 2011
The Prize is now available in eBook
Apr 05, 2011
Brightcove:
The global struggle for oil, money and power
Jun 27, 2009
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Introduction from The COMMANDING HEIGHTS
Feb 12, 2009
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Introduction from The Commanding Heights
Feb 01, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Prize
Jan 23, 2009
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PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY AND POWER is now available in Trade Paperback
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PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY AND POWER will be released on December 23, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Prize will be released on November 10, 2008 in eAudio
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Prize is now available in eAudio
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Washington Post Bestsellers April 21
Washington Post, April 19, 2013
...scientists near-death experience. [25]2. THE QUEST: ENERGY, SECURITY, AND THE REMAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD (Penguin, $20). By Daniel Yergin. [3]3. WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL (Vintage, $15.95). By Cheryl Strayed . [3]4. AMERICA...
NBK’s International Symposium discusses Navigating Global Risks with world-renowned experts
National Bank of Kuwait, April 9, 2013
...former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, former US Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Yergin, author Author of the acclaimed work, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power which won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize...
NBK hosts world-renowned experts in its annual International Symposium
Zawya.com, April 6, 2013
...former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, former US Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, Daniel Yergin, author Author of the acclaimed work, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power which won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize...
John Lewis Gaddis Wins CFR's Arthur Ross Book Award for "George F. Kennan: An American Life"
Council On Foreign Relations, April 2, 2013
...and the Great War of Africa (PublicAffairs). The jury also awarded an Honorable Mention and $2,500 to Daniel Yergin for The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (The Penguin Press). Additional shortlist nominees: ?Francis...
An Argument to Spend 24 Hours with "Private Empire"
Inside Higher Ed, April 2, 2013
...a great deal about our business from the energy business.    I developed this belief after reading Daniel Yergin's fine book The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World .  (Another big book at 29 hours and 31 minutes).   ...
Washington Post Bestsellers March 31
Washington Post, March 29, 2013
...Kitchen, $19.95). 10. THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL, MONEY AND POWER\ (Free Press, $22). By Daniel Yergin. HARDCOVER Fiction 1 . SIX YEARS (Dutton, $27.95). By Harlan Coben. Six years after losing the love of his life to another man, Jake Fisher...
The Illusion of Invincibility
Resilience, March 21, 2013
...predictions based on the conventional wisdom that insists resource limits don’t matter. A decade ago, cornucopian theorist Daniel Yergin was loudly proclaiming that the price of oil had reached a permanent plateau at $38 a barrel, smart money was...
US growth in tight oil production could reshape Canadian oil sands markets
Hydrocarbon Processing, January 17, 2013
...and US tight oil are both important sources of US oil supplies for the foreseeable future,� said Daniel Yergin, IHS vice chairman. �Tight oil is not a replacement for oil sands in the US, but the development is altering the opportunity for oil...
Portman also wins invite to economic forum
TradingCharts.com, January 17, 2013
...said he was invited to a dinner with global energy-company executives. The host, renowned economic and energy researcher Daniel Yergin, also played host to Kasich in Houston last year as part of an annual global energy conference. jvardon@dispatch.com ...
Portman also wins invite to economic forum
Individual.com, January 17, 2013
...said he was invited to a dinner with global energy-company executives. The host, renowned economic and energy researcher Daniel Yergin, also played host to Kasich in Houston last year as part of an annual global energy conference. jvardon@dispatch.com...
Portman also wins invite to economic forum
Columbus Dispatch, January 17, 2013
...said he was invited to a dinner with global energy-company executives. The host, renowned economic and energy researcher Daniel Yergin, also played host to Kasich in Houston last year as part of an annual global energy conference. jvardon@dispatch.com...
Eni at WEC
Eni, January 16, 2013
...around which the debate will revolve are: Rules, Rights, Reputation, Respect. Gary Hart, former Democrat United States Senator, Daniel Yergin, CERA's president and Pulitzer Prize winner, Moises Naim, author and well known columnist, Lucia Annunziata,...
Unconventional O...
Pipeline & Gas Journal, January 16, 2013
...growth of unconventional oil and gas production is creating a new energy reality for the United States,” said Daniel Yergin, IHS vice chairman and author of The Quest. “That growth has not only contributed to U.S. energy security but is a significant...
Unconventional O&G Production Delivers New Jobs
Pipeline & Gas Journal, January 16, 2013
...growth of unconventional oil and gas production is creating a new energy reality for the United States,” said Daniel Yergin, IHS vice chairman and author of The Quest. “That growth has not only contributed to U.S. energy security but is a significant...