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Richard W. Fulmer
Richard W. Fulmer is the coauthor of Energy: The Master Resource and some seventy articles on free-market economics. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1978 from New Mexico State University and worked as an engineer and a systems analyst before retiring. He is currently working on the book, Caveman Econ: Basic Economics in 33 Prehistoric Tales.