Given climate change and other risks, how should you invest for the next forty years? Topics covered include: What predictions from the last forty years came true and which didn'tWhy the next forty years will have a lot of similarities to the last forty years despite the promise of AIWhy the scale and complexity of the world make big transitions away from oil, cement, and natural gas unlikelyWhy economic growth and consumption will likely continue leading to positive investment returnsHow should our portfolios and lifestyle be structured to build resilience Sponsors Madison Trust Self-Directed IRA - Go Here to Learn More and Get Your $100 Off Promo Code Factor - Use code david50 to get 50% off your meal order Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter. Show Notes The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler—Penguin Random House Parcel shipping index 2022—Pitney Bowes America Is Drowning in Packages by Amanda Mull—The Atlantic How to Spend Way Less Time on Email Every Day by Matt Plummer—Harvard Business Review World Population Prospects—United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Global Climate Change Vital Signs—NASA Congestion Pricing Plan in New York City Clears Final Federal Hurdle by Ana Ley—The New York Times New Jersey Sues Over Congestion Pricing in New York City by Ana Ley—The New York Times How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil—Penguin Random House Does Sam Altman Know What He's Creating? by Ross Andersen—The Atlantic The Economic Cost of Houston’s Heat: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore’ by Rachel Wolfe and Amara Omeokwe—The Wall Street Journal SEC Proposes Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC’s Climate-Disclosure Rule Isn’t Here, but It May as Well Be, Many Businesses Say by Richard Vanderford—The Wall Street Journal Market Myopia's Climate Bubble by Madison Condon—Boston University School of Law What Really Happens to the Clothes You Donate by Oliver Franklin-Wallis—GQ OpenAI's Sam Altman launches Worldcoin crypto project by Anna Tong—Reuters Worldcoin’s premise is a disturbing one by Tabby Kinder—The Financial Times See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How to mitigate the risk of investing on crowdfunding platforms where there is little transparency on the underlying financial health of the platform company. Topics covered include: What is the platform economyHow blitzscaling and an over-reliance on venture capital funding led to Peer Street's bankruptcyWhat happens next for investors on Peer Street's platformsHow individuals and businesses can mitigate the risk of investing or conducting business on platforms Sponsors Madison Trust Self-Directed IRA - Go Here to Learn More and Get Your $100 Off Promo Code Use code MONEY10 to get 10% off on your NAPA Autoparts online order. Insiders Guide Email Newsletter Get our free Investors' Checklist when you sign up for the free Money for the Rest of Us email newsletter. Show Notes Amazon: Independent Sellers In The U.S. Sold More Than 4.1 Billion Products in 2022 by SGB Media—SGB Media PeerStreet LinkedIn Post by Brett Crosby—LinkedIn Crowdfunding platform PeerStreet files for bankruptcy by Flávia Furlan Nunes—Housingwire AI Was Q2’s Big Hope To Reverse The Global Venture Funding Slowdown. It Wasn’t Enough by Gené Teare—Crunchbase VC finds its footing as headwinds weaken by James Thorn—PitchBook PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor—PitchBook Cases FAQ—Stretto Real estate debt marketplace PeerStreet files for bankruptcy by Matt Carter—inman BlockFi Bet Big on FTX and Alameda Even After Seeing Infamous Balance Sheet, Creditors Say by Jack Schickler—CoinDesk Related Episodes 253: Are IPOs the New Ponzi Scheme? 301: Use Caution with Alternative Investments 393: What Happens If Your Brokerage Firm Goes Bankrupt See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.