As the Fed raises interest rates to fight inflation, the economic models they use include energy as a small part of the overall picture. Is that model flawed?
Jed Dorsheimer, head of Group Head of Energy & Sustainability at William Blair and former advisor on US Energy Policy to the Obama Administration explains how dependent economic activity is on energy and an innovative framework that takes this into account.
You can learn about Jed’s work at www.williamblair.com or at www.bpeinstitute.org
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Teaser photo credit: Castle Gate Plant near Helper, Utah. By David Jolley at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8010162
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