R.C. Smith, PhD
Publications
Books
September 1, 2022
The Real Oil Shock: How Oil Transformed Money, Debt, and Finance
Springer International Publishing
Articles
May 11, 2022
"Opinion: As local tech companies lose steam, will San Francisco's economy also slow?"
San Francisco Examiner
Opinion article discussing the likely impact of the poor stock performance seen by major San Francisco tech companies like Meta and PayPal.
April 29, 2022
"Opinion: Twitter could see a rocky ride with a mass exodus of San Francisco employees"
San Francisco Examiner
An analysis of the structuring of Elon Musk's financing for his acquisition of Twitter and how it relates to Tesla's market value and the San Francisco economy.
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April 27, 2022
"Opinion: What does the stock market wobble mean for San Francisco?"
San Francisco Examiner
An analytical piece discussing the impact of recent stock price fluctuations on San Francisco's economy.
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April 15, 2022
"Opinion: Gutting City College’s teaching staff harms San Francisco’s economy and future"
San Francisco Examiner
An op-ed arguing the cuts to CCSF faculty proposed by Vice Chancellor John al-Amin are both not fiscally justified and would have a devastating impact on the San Francisco economy.
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February 6, 2019
“Don’t Believe the Hype: An Economic Storm is Brewing”
Broke-ass Stuart
An op-ed on the state of the US economy arguing the next major crisis was imminent and very likely to be extremely devastating particularly due to the vulnerability of the retail sector.
November 21, 2018
“Now that the election is over, let’s talk dollars and sense”
Broke-ass Stuart
An economic analysis of the likely impacts of recently-passed state and local ballot measures in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Presentations
July 2021
“Decolonizing Economic History”
Paper presented digitally at the British Society for Middle East Studies 2021 Annual Conference hosted by University of Kent
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July 2020
“The Middle East and the 1982 Debt Crisis”
Paper presented digitally at the Economic History Society 2020 Annual Conference hosted by St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University
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July 2018
“Building the Petrodollar Standard”
Paper presented at the World Congress for Middle East Studies 2018 Seville
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September 2015
“Dependency Theory and Petro-State Economics”
Paper presented at the 22nd International Conference of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) at Ruhr University