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Are There Limits to Economic Growth?
by Richard Vodra, 9/13/21

Consistent with human experience over the last several centuries, conventional wisdom holds that innovation and technology have all but eliminated the limits to economic growth. But new scholarship – from outside the realm of traditional economics – contends that this is not true.

The Coming Revolution in Complexity Economics
by Richard Vodra, 3/29/21

Standard neoclassical economics is a failure and is driving many of the crises facing our world.

What Oil’s Troubles Mean to the Rest of Us
by Richard Vodra, 11/30/20

To the extent that stock prices reflect expectations of future value, investors don’t like the prospects for oil, and oil’s demise signals muted prospects for economic growth.

The Nazrudin Project – Bending the Profession Since 1995
by Richard Vodra, JD, 9/15/15
The financial planning profession is only a few decades old, and is continuing to discover how it can best serve its clients. This is the story of one group and its process that has had an outsized impact for change over the last 20 years.

The Price We Will Pay for Cheap Oil
by Richard Vodra, 10/21/14
Suddenly in June, oil prices started dropping, reaching levels unseen since 2010. What is going on? Why does the price of oil matter to financial advisors? What might these fluctuations mean to the price and supply of oil for the rest of the decade? Isn't oil just another commodity?

Is Fracking a ?Happy Solution? to our Energy Needs?
by Richard Vodra, JD, CFP, 1/2/13
A few weeks ago, John Mauldin called fracking a 'happy solution' that will produce jobs, potentially solve our trade deficit and generate new tax revenue, though energy prices may rise in the process. But how excited should we be about the 'shale revolution'?

Investing in a Resource-Constrained World
by Richard Vodra, JD, CFP, 9/25/12
The potential consequences of stagnant oil production and climate change for society are written about frequently, but here is a simpler question that is important to our community: How are these and related facts likely to affect investment returns going forward? How can we even frame such questions usefully?

Energy and the Wealth of Nations
by Richard Vodra, JD, CFP, 6/5/12
It is time for a new and different approach to understanding the economy, according to ecologist Charles Hall and economist Kent Klitgaard, who together are pioneering the discipline of biophysical economics. They advocate a novel methodology that properly accounts for the realities of global energy supplies and consumption.

The Energy Expert You Shouldn?t Trust
by Richard Vodra, 10/4/11
Daniel Yergin, a self-described 'leading energy expert,' has written The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, designed to provide information that policy-makers can rely upon in shaping energy policy for the decades ahead. This could be a dangerous reliance, for Yergin is an advocate for the fossil fuel community, not an honest broker of information.
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