Global Energy Crisis

On today’s show we’re going to connect three things that might seem completely unrelated: the Japanese yen, United States Treasury bonds, and the interest rate on your next real estate loan.They are more closely connected than you might think.So why should a real estate investor ...  Show more

The question is whether you want to partner with the city or not. The city can add value (or erode it) without being formally at the partnership table. How many people underwrite the city as part of their due diligence? ------------------**Real Estate Espresso Podcast:** Spotify: ...  Show more

This week’s programme is a thought experiment: What would the world be like if energy became superabundant and very cheap?Energy is vital for every aspect of our society, and the energy cost of extraction, processing, manufacture and transport is priced into every product we buy. ...  Show more

This seminar focuses on the economics of energy. How does the economic way of thinking help us understand the energy market, and recent events like the California blackouts. I discuss the content of the economics of energy chapter in my forthcoming textbook, Principles of Econ ...

The rising cost of living really brought home how those big, global economic shocks can mean some pretty bad bumps for our individual finances. Probably the most obvious, immediate and, painful way that global economic events hit our household budgets is through the price of ener ...  Show more

In this episode, we discuss the needed shift to renewable energy following Lebanon's fuel crisis. Whether in households or industries, what does it take to make it happen, how sustainable is it, how affordable, and does it really work?    We will tap into this as well as the need ...  Show more