{"id":249810,"date":"2026-04-28T16:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/249810\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:19:19","slug":"florida-state-university-economist-available-for-interviews-on-uaes-historic-exit-from-opec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/249810\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State University economist available for interviews on UAE&#8217;s historic exit from OPEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FSU_Experts_Randall_Holcombe_Cover.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Professor of Economics Randall Holcombe is a leading authority on market processes and public policy.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Professor of Economics Randall Holcombe is available for interviews on the possible long-term implications of the UAE&#8217;s exit from OPEC.\t\t<\/p>\n<p>With the United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/uae-quits-opec-heres-what-it-means-for-the-oil-prices-and-the-economy-12a79677?eafs_enabled=false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">withdrawing from OPEC,<\/a> the global energy market could enter uncharted territory.<\/p>\n<p>To understand the potential seismic shift from cartel-controlled pricing to a competitive price war landscape, Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Professor of Economics <a href=\"https:\/\/cosspp.fsu.edu\/dmi\/faculty\/randall-g-holcombe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Randall Holcombe<\/a> is available for interviews on the possible long-term implications for global energy markets. He can be reached via email at <a href=\"https:\/\/news.fsu.edu\/news\/expert-pitches\/2026\/04\/28\/florida-state-university-economist-available-for-interviews-on-uaes-historic-exit-from-opec\/mailto:holcombe@fsu.edu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">holcombe@fsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a leading authority on market processes and public policy, Holcombe can provide critical analysis on why this move could signal the structural weakening of OPEC\u2019s half-century reign if more members decide to defect. Holcombe can discuss:<\/p>\n<p>Exit motives: The reasons for the UAE to leave OPEC.<br \/>\nPotential outcomes: The possibility of long-term ripple effects on oil prices and global energy markets if more OPEC members leave.<\/p>\n<p>Holcombe is the author of more than 15 books, including \u201cPolitical Capitalism,\u201d \u201cEntrepreneurship and Economic Progress,\u201d and \u201cProducing Prosperity: An Inquiry into the Operation of the Market Process.\u201d He is a former member of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush\u2019s Council of Economic Advisors, former president of the Public Choice Society, former president of the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, and a Senior Fellow with the James Madison Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State University DeVoe L. Moore Professor of Economics Randall Holcombe is available for interviews on the possible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56745,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-249810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-college-of-social-sciences-and-public-policy","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}