Oil Industry Profits as Cupcakes

Where do oil company profits go?

In this short video, oil industry profits are represented as 100 cupcakes. Can you guess how many of those cupcakes go to government, and how many to oil company management? The answer is in the video.

Hat tip: Christian Moritz.



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