What investors need to know about technology and climate change

Grantham began his career as an economist with Royal Dutch Shell. This presentation is worthwhile.

Public lecture by Jeremy Grantham CBE on 11th April 2018 at a public lecture given in Drapers’ Hall, London. The lecture was titled “What investors need to know about technology and climate change: the race of our lives”.  Here is a direct video link.

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Ten Years after the last financial crisis

Anat Admati’s presentation here is a good review of where we are 10 years after the last financial crisis.  The bottom line: in the words of JP Morgan CEO, Jamie Dimon “Financial crisis is something that happens every 5, 7 or 10 years.”  It’s now been 10, we should be expecting the next.  Alas, few are prepared.

At a June 20 2018 Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Associates meeting, Anat Admati reflects on what has been learned about financial regulations, the relationship between corporations and the government, and the role that economists can play in the ten years since the Great Recession. Admati is the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at the Graduate School of Business and a senior fellow at SIEPR. Here is a direct video link.

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Smart uses for carbon-eating algae

A company that grows algae using carbon dioxide captured from the emissions of an Ontario cement plant says that it’s making inroads to the animal feed and high-value ingredient market. A look at the technology and opportunity, with Steve Martin, CEO of Pond Technologies. Here is a a direct video link.

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