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[A Firing Line Debate]: Resolved: That the Price of Oil and Natural Gas Should Be Regulated by the Federal Government
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Item Title [A Firing Line Debate]: Resolved: That the Price of Oil and Natural Gas Should Be Regulated by the Federal Government
Guest Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Guest Galbraith, John Kenneth (1908-2006)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Banowsky, William Slater
Date CreatedMarch 30, 1978
Description

This show might be called a mini-debate: it follows the formal procedures-opening statements, cross-examination, rebuttals-but with a single combatant on either side. The two old adversaries go at it, as always, with good-humored ferocity. Mr. Galbraith begins by contending that a free market in oil and gas has not existed for some time: "The market has been extensively superseded by planning, and this planning...has been planning not by the Federal Government, not by other units of government, but essentially by the large and powerful enterprises which bring these products to us." Mr. Buckley counters: "It is of course his thesis, now as always, that the market has been superseded-superseded by natural events rather than by synthetic events. He refers to his kinship with reality and reason by contrast with my own with romance and nostalgia. I do remember nostalgically when an agent of the Federal Government reported in 1885 that under no circumstances would any oil ever be discovered in California."

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Place RecordedLos Angeles, California, United States
DimensionsDuration: 58 minutes, 52 seconds
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0317
Record Number80040.561
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