Billions of dollars are poured into global development every year, but results are lacking, says economist Karthik Muralidharan. Diving into an example with public education, he outlines how smarter resource allocation and evidence-based...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Perhaps it’s no surprise that, overall, the general attitude toward work is more relaxed in Brazil than it is in many other countries. But it’s important to note that Brazilian attitudes vary by region, industry, and generation. People...

Howcast - You can introduce students to the joys of reading by using some of the novel methods described here.

This video explains the importance of leadership or the element of leadership perspecitve in management.

Management is incentivized by the calculation of a business' value. A quality of earnings report can affect the value of the business and, as a result, the incentives placed on management.

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Alignment of Benefits and Corporate Governance Issues

The Expectancy Theory of Motivation by Victor Vroom - The Simplest explanation ever
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Victor Vroom's Expectancy theory of motivation explores a side of human psychology that considers the type of reward provided as impetus to...

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...

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...

One thing most people 'know' about motivation is the value of incentives. The problem is... Incentives don't always work.<b<br/>r/>

So, in this video, we'll look at when incentives do and do not work and understand why.

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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...

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.

Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) uses the example of electoral control models to highlight problems with model-building.

Legal scholar Emilie Hafner-Burton (UC San Diego) discusses the issue of human rights abusers justifying and rationalizing their actions.

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...

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)...

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.

Alignment of Benefits and Corporate Governance Issues