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What War in Ukraine means for Energy & Money | Frankly by Nate Hagens

By Nate Hagens, originally published by The Great Simplification

March 30, 2022

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In addition to regular Wednesday longform podcasts, this video is #1 of new series of short takes, “Frankly” which are framings and context on current world events. Today I riff on longer term implications of Ukraine/Russia especially with energy and global systems. Find out more: http://thegreatsimplification.com

 

 

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Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future (ISEOF) an organization focused on educating and preparing society for the coming cultural transition. Allied with leading ecologists, energy experts, politicians and systems thinkers ISEOF assembles road-maps and off-ramps for how human societies can adapt to lower throughput lifestyles.

Nate holds a Masters Degree in Finance with Honors from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. He teaches an Honors course, Reality 101, at the University of Minnesota.

Tags: global economic s system, global energy system, Russia/Ukraine conflict

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