This is macro voices, the free weekly financial podcast targeting professional finance, high net worth individuals,

family offices, and other sophisticated investors.

Macro Voices is all about the brightest minds in the world of finance and macroeconomics telling it like it is,

bullish or bearish, no holds barred.

Now here are your hosts, Eric Townsend and Patrick Sorezna.

Macro Voices episode 408 was pre-recorded earlier this month to air on December 28th, 2023, I'm Eric Townsend.

Our listeners have asked us for longer episodes on holiday weekends because they provide a good

excuse to avoid the in-laws at holiday dinners and we won't disappoint this year.

My guest this week is Lynn Alden, best-selling author of Broken Money.

When Lynn published Broken Money earlier this year, I suggested to her off the air that she had a terrific opportunity to expand the Broken franchise by writing another book I suggested she title Broken Energy.

I even offered to collaborate with her on the content

since we both share a strong passion for the underappreciated importance of energy to the global economy, and we both agree that energy

policy is badly broken, particularly in developed Western nations.

Lynn let out a belly laugh and reaction to my suggestion and retorted by referring me to her own

macro voices interview in which she opines that writing books is a thankless and unprofitable undertaking that should be

avoided at all costs. She doesn't want to write another book any more than I do, and suggested

we do an extended-length podcast on the topic in lieu of the book that neither one

of us wants to write. And that's coming up next, with plenty of meat to keep you looking like you're

busy with work

when you're avoiding your in-laws this holiday season. And now with this week's special guest. Here's your host, Eric Townsend.

Joining me now is Lynn Alden, best-selling author and founder of Lynn Alden Investment Strategy.

We have a slide deck to accompany this interview.

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