Energy and the Financial System

What Every Economist, Financial Analyst, and Investor Needs to Know

AvRoger Boyd

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien SpringerBriefs in Energy

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Beskrivning

The modern financial system was developed to support the rapid economic growth that took off about 200 years ago with the phenomenal amounts of cheap energy made available through the exploitation of fossil fuels.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-17
Mått:155 x 235 x 6 mm
Vikt:152 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SpringerBriefs in Energy
Antal sidor:80
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319042374

Utforska kategorier

Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Energiteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Energiindustri inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Roger Boyd is a retired financial industry executive, where he worked for 25 years. He received a BSc in Information Systems from Kingston University in England, an MBA in Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University in the United States, and an MA in Integrated Studies from Athabasca University in Canada. Over the past decade he has taken a deepening interest in the way in which modern societies, especially their financial systems, will deal with gobal threats such as energy constraints and climate change. He also maintains a blog covering such issues, www.humanitystest.com.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. The Nature of the Problem.- Chapter 2. It takes Energy to get Energy.- Chapter 3. It’s the flow stupid!.- Chapter 4. A Financial System Addicted to Exponential Growth.- Chapter 5. So What Can I Do?.- Index.