"California is on Life Support"– Michael Mische, USC

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Michael Mische discussing California's gasoline supply issues.

Today we were fortunate to visit with our good friend Michael Mische, Associate Professor of Management at the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business. We were particularly interested in discussing his latest article, “California Gasoline Supply Outlook: A Disaster in the Making” (linked here). The article outlines a near-term outlook of acute gasoline supply shortages in California, driven by refinery closures, declining in-state crude production, and disrupted import...

People in this episode

Guest: Michael Mische

Topics covered

• gasoline supply
• California
• refinery closures
• crude production
• import disruptions

Keywords

• California
• gasoline supply
• refinery closures
• crude production
• import disruptions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business

Books & works: California Gasoline Supply Outlook: A Disaster in the Making

Places: California

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