Nick Gogerty, CAIA, is the author of The Nature of Value where he takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of economics and investing inspired by natural evolution, anthropology, psychology, physics, sociology and ethics.  He studied cultural and economic anthropology and art history at the University of Iowa and received an MBA from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris. Nick is the founder of Thoughtful Capital Group, a value research and macro portfolio advisory firm. Before, he has worked as a strategist and general problem-solver for hedge funds, banks, technology firms and scientific research institutes. He has also conducted a risk analysis of the Flash Crash for a multi-trillion US bank and built risk models and investment strategies for large US banks.