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Erik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager. Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. Read More...

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Julian Brigden

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Julian Brigden to MacroVoices. Erik and Julian discuss:

  • Has inflation topped and will it make its way down?
  • Expectations of a policy reversal
  • War cycle spending and its impact on the markets
  • Precious metals
  • European markets
  • Passive investing trend & return of volatility

 

 

 

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Lakshman Achuthan

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Lakshman Achuthan to MacroVoices. Erik and Lakshman discuss:

  • Recession – what do the cycles say?
  • Hiking rates into a global recession
  • Business cycle & job losses
  • 1970s-Era CPI inflation
  • Impact of geopolitics on the cycle 
  • Impacts of development of AI on jobs

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Introduction to Geothermal Energy
  • Deep Geothermal and Geothermal Electricity
  • Relevance of the shale oil revolution to Geothermal energy
  • Supercritical Geothermal Energy: Pumping serious heat
  • Technology breakthrough potential

 

 

 

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • History of the Crude Oil Market
  • We cannot phase out fossil fuels before phasing in viable alternatives
  • Low Hanging Fruit: Why oil production always gets more expensive over time
  • Hubbert’s Peak
  • Conventional vs. Non-Conventional Oil Production
  • OPEC Spare Capacity is all but exhausted

 

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Societal Complexity & Pace of Human Advancement are a function of how much cheap, abundant energy is available to the economy
  • The importance of replacing Fossil Fuels with clean energy alternatives
  • Analysis of current energy supply & demand statistics
  • Why Electricity and Hydrogen are not energy sources 
  • What it’s really going to take to solve the problem (wind & solar alone are not enough!)

 

 

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Jeff Snider

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jeff Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeff discuss:

  • Inflation in post-pandemic period
  • Soft landing?
  • Energy
  • European market
  • Has the fed successfully contained inflation?
  • China reopening

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Breeder Reactors & Why they’re important
  • Thorium fueled reactors
  • The Waste Burner Reactor: Burning yesteryear’s nuclear waste as fuel
  • Nuclear Fusion & Why it can’t help in the crisis timeframe
  • Erik’s prescriptions for solving the coming crisis

 

 

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Alex Gurevich

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Alex Gurevich to MacroVoices. Erik and Alex discuss:

  • Reflecting on the Fed’s press release
  • Inflation
  • Crude oil outlook
  • Is it time to buy bonds?
  • Fed’s impact on financial markets
  • What’s next for gold

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Why there’s no alternative to nuclear for finding 156,000 TWh of clean energy
  • Shortcomings of Light Water reactors
  • The ORNL Molten Salt Reactor Experiment & why it was cancelled
  • Why Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Fukushima should have been prevented
  • Why we need a crisis to precede a Nuclear Renaissance
  • Overcoming Weapons Proliferation & Waste Disposal objections
  • Way of the future: Small, modular reactors built in factories

 

 

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Viktor Shvets

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Viktor Shvets to MacroVoices. Erik and Viktor discuss:

  • Reflections on Ukraine/Russia conflict and its impact on the globe
  • Inflation outlook
  • Interest rates, GDP & recession outlook
  • Perspectives on equities and gold
  • Re-opening of China, conflict between China/Taiwan

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