{"id":3567,"date":"2023-11-04T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2023-11-12T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T04:09:35","slug":"commodities-in-asia-episode-4-lee-howell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/commodities-in-asia-episode-4-lee-howell\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3567\" class=\"elementor elementor-3567\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20a52eae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20a52eae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b025fcc\" data-id=\"4b025fcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-267e20d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"267e20d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"Commodities in Asia Episode 4 | Lee Howell, Executive Director, Villars Institute\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=echwd-14ec8f6-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=auto&logo_link=none&btn-skin=c73a3a\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41e5bcef episode-info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41e5bcef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1812da37\" data-id=\"1812da37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321c613c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"321c613c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This week on our <em><strong>Commodities in Asia<\/strong><\/em> series, we welcome Lee Howell, Executive Director at the Villars Institute, into the SmarterMarkets\u2122 studio. 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