jan 1, 1973 - Oil Crisis/Yon Kippur

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Gas lines
OPEC Org of petroleum exporting countries embargo against US bc
- Yon Kippur = Arab states attack Israel bc Israel wants territory
- US support Israel
- US reliant on foreign oil
- OPEC uses power over oil = prices 4x in US
- artificial inflation + unemployment = stagflation

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