TED Talks
TED: Why US politics is broken — and how to fix it | Andrew Yang
The electoral system in the United States needs a redesign, says political reformer Andrew Yang. Exposing the flaws of a system built on poor incentives, he proposes a cost-effective overhaul inspired by primary elections already working...
TED Talks
Sonaar Luthra: We need to track the world's water like we track the weather
We need a global weather service for water, says entrepreneur and TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra. In a talk about environmental accountability, Luthra shows how we could forecast water shortages and risks with a global data collection effort...
TED Talks
TED: What really motivates people to be honest in business | Alexander Wagner
each year, one in seven large corporations commits fraud. Why? To find out, Alexander Wagner takes us inside the economics, ethics and psychology of doing the right thing. Join him for an introspective journey down the slippery slopes of...
TED Talks
Jennifer Granholm: A clean energy proposal -- race to the top!
Kicking off the TED2013 conference, Jennifer Granholm asks a very American question with worldwide implications: How do we make more jobs? Her big idea: Invest in new alternative energy sources. And her big challenge: Can it be done with...
Mister Simplify
The Expectancy Theory of Motivation by Vroom - Simplest Explanation Ever
The Expectancy Theory of Motivation by Victor Vroom - The Simplest explanation ever Victor Vroom's Expectancy theory of motivation explores a side of human psychology that considers the type of reward provided as impetus to work harder...
Curated Video
Knowledge & Politics
Seven established researchers provide real-world examples of the relevance of TOK (Theory of Knowledge) concepts in their research. This interdisciplinary TOK Sampler explores the overlap between theory of knowledge and the political...
Healthcare Triage
How Can We Fix the Culture of Science? A Podcast
Healthcare Triage has a podcast, and that podcast recently dropped a special limited series. We've spent a lot of time thinking about the culture of science and how researchers can improve the reproducibility of research. We also talked...
Curated Video
Basics of Motivation: Incentives - do they work?
One thing most people 'know' about motivation is the value of incentives. The problem is... Incentives don't always work. So, in this video, we'll look at when incentives do and do not work and understand why.
The Business Professor
Emolument Clause
This clause is meant to prevent external influence and corruption of American officers by foreign States.
Curated Video
Modelling Politics
Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how key aspects of his philosophical views of the social world can be directly applied to politics, explaining that to understand politics, it is vital to consider what led people to...
Curated Video
Investigating Corruption
Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how carefully developing a model of bureaucratic corruption can lead to identifying key factors that traditional social science models will necessarily overlook.
Curated Video
Political Character
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) uses the example of electoral control models to highlight problems with model-building.
Curated Video
Rationalizing Abuse
Legal scholar Emilie Hafner-Burton (UC San Diego) discusses the issue of human rights abusers justifying and rationalizing their actions.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Economists Incentivize Conformity Over Quality
Economists tend to incentivize conformity over quality, but could pressure from outside groups change that? INET sits down with Carlo D’Ippoliti, Associate Professor of Economics at Sapienza University of Rome, to talk about pluralism in...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Ronald Schettkat: Inequality and the Challenge of Employment 2/3
Ronald Schettkat, Professor of Economics at Schumpeter School, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany speaking at the panel entitled "Inequality and the Challenge of Employment" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...
The Wall Street Journal
Apeel Sciences CEO and S2G Ventures Investor on Solving for Food Waste
James Rogers, founder of Apeel Sciences, and S2G Ventures Managing Director Matthew Walker discuss solutions that promise to take a bite out of the global problem of food waste with WSJ Deputy Chicago Bureau Chief Patrick McGroarty.
The Business Professor
Alignment of Benefits and Corporate Governance Issues
Alignment of Benefits and Corporate Governance Issues
Sustainable Business Consulting
Integrate into Current Culture
Provides examples on how to bring sustainability into your current culture through matching employee values with incentives and gamification strategies
Curated Video
The Push and Pull Factors of International Business
The video discusses the importance of international business and the incentives for businesses to engage in exports and imports. It also delves into the push and pull factors that encourage or discourage companies from engaging in...
The Wall Street Journal
UnitedHealth Group's CEO on Creating a Fair and Sustainable System
Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth Group's chief executive, discusses the technological innovation required by healthcare providers to create a fairer, more sustainable system.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
When the Slogans Stop Working
In part 3 of INET's interview, Raghuram Rajan says: "The left and the right have a common diagnosis of the problem: the government is captured by big business. Marx said 'Get rid of big buiness.' Stigler said 'Get rid of government.'"...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors, Quality of Care, and Pay for Performance
"Pay for performance" is one of those slogans that seem to upset no one. But as with so many things in health care, it's much more complicated than it appears at first glance. Watch and learn!
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Spence: Policy Proposals for the United States (4/5)
Nobel Laureate Michael Spence favors a consumption tax: a big chunk of government revenues should come from taxes on value added and consumption. Besides a sensible energy policy, Spence's agenda reads jobs, jobs, and jobs. The tradable...
ATHS Engineering
Career Spotlight: Director of Economic Development
The video is an interview with Vincent Ash, the director of Indianapolis Economic Development, about his journey to his current position and what his work entails on a daily basis. He also provides advice for high school students on how...