Chapter 1: Adi Imsirovic, Historical background to the emergence of benchmarks and Brent in particular -- Chapter 2: Liz Bossley, UK State, BNOC, tax, markets, and Brent; first forward trades, optionality, terms, players -- Chapter 3: Colin Bryce, genesis of Brent trading, people, banks and...

This book surveys how economists engage with knowledge and beliefs in various fields of economic analysis, such as general equilibrium theory, decision theory, game theory, experimental economics, evolutionary theory of the firm, financial markets and the history of economic thought