It would seem that the answer to the question posed in the title is simple. Futures markets develop because there is a need for the…
In my long career as an agricultural economist, one of the things that I take most pride in may surprise you. I am holding it…
If you wonder why I spent so much time the last few years writing two books focused on speculation in commodity futures markets (my wife…
The main theme of my book Back to the Futures is risk, and it is appropriate that I close out the one-year anniversary week activities…
Once you write and publish a book, something interesting happens. All sorts of people tell you about their dream of also writing a book. I…
I have truly enjoyed learning about the publishing business over the last year. It is an industry that has been utterly disrupted from top-to-bottom by…
I had so many fun interviews the last year about my book Back to the Futures. These have ranged from a news article by the…
I am sure that many of us grew up hearing the advice from our parents that we should “never judge a book by its cover.”…
A year ago this week I began a huge adventure, publishing my first book Back to the Futures: Crashing Dirt Bikes, Chasing Cows, and Unraveling the…
After studying various controversies about speculation in commodity futures markets, I realized that there was a cyclical element to the eruptions over speculation. I then…