{"id":3172,"date":"2020-03-10T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/ground_up_stories\/the-oil-monopoly\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:37:14","slug":"the-oil-monopoly","status":"publish","type":"ground_up_stories","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/ground-up-stories\/the-oil-monopoly\/","title":{"rendered":"The oil monopoly"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"IDR Ground Up | The oil monopoly\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_b5510F2Pj8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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