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  • New book chronicles personal, professional journey studying futures markets

    Apr 11, 2023 8:15 am by Phil CicioraOutreach
    Scott Irwin, the Laurence J. Norton Chair of Agricultural Marketing in the department of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the author of “Back to the Futures,” a book that’s part personal memoir and part explainer of the futures market. Photo by College of ACES

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    Stunts with motorcycles, snowmobiles, race cars, farm equipment and run-ins with renegade cows... 'I thought that I had enough crazy personal stories about risk and risk management that these could serve as scaffolding for a larger story.'

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