TED Talks
TED: The dream of digital ownership, powered by the metaverse | Yat Siu
Technologist Yat Siu believes the "open metaverse" -- a decentralized version of the internet also known as web3 -- is laying the foundation for a freer, fairer, more prosperous society. In a future-focused talk, he explores the...
Curated Video
WRAP Hu visits Microsoft, dinner at Gates'' house, adds Hu''s comments at dinner
1. Wide of Chinese President Hu Jintao walking into Microsoft building with Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates
2. Wide of Hu Jintao and Bill Gates shaking hands
3. Zoom in to mid shot of Hu Jintao and Bill Gates shaking hand
4. Wide pan...
TED Talks
Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity
Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture...
TED Talks
Robert Neuwirth: The hidden world of shadow cities
Robert Neuwirth, author of "Shadow Cities," finds the world's squatter sites -- where a billion people now make their homes -- to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.
Wonderscape
Bruce's Beach: A Historic Black Resort Reclaimed
Discover the history of Bruce's Beach, a Black-owned resort in Manhattan Beach, California, founded by Charles and Willa Bruce in 1912. Learn how the city used eminent domain to take the property in 1924, and how, nearly a century later,...
Curated Video
Life in the Colonies: Women
In the Thirteen Colonies, women had limited rights and freedoms. Their lives, influenced by marriage, status, and coverture laws varied greatly, reflecting the evolving society of the time.
Wonderscape
The Fifth Amendment: Rights in Criminal Trials and Property Protection
Discover the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which provides crucial protections during criminal trials and safeguards individual property rights. Understand the concepts of grand jury indictment, double jeopardy,...
Wonderscape
The Third Amendment of the U.S. Constitution Explained
Discover the origins and significance of the Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which addresses the quartering of soldiers in private homes. Understand how this amendment was a reaction to the British Quartering Acts during the...
The Business Professor
Legal System Promote Property Rights
This Video Explains Legal Systems Promoting Property Rights
Global Ethics Solutions
Care of Company Assets - Connecting Character (Part 2)
This is the second of a four-part course on respecting company assets. This section discusses the issues, myths, and problems of property rights as well as how our personal attitudes and character affects our ability to respect company...
Curated Video
The Tragedy of the Commons and Property Rights
The video discusses the concept of the tragedy of the Commons and its relevance in modern-day environmental issues. It explains why the absence of property rights can lead to market failure, using the example of common land in the UK and...
Curated Video
Extension of Property Rights and the Coase Theorem
In this video, the topic of the extension of property rights is discussed, and how governments use it to correct market failure. The Coase theorem is explained and an example is given to illustrate this principle. The video also explains...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Legal Evil
From feudal land rights to intellectual property in the modern era, lawyers have been battling over capital for centuries. Typically leveraging social resources to generate and protect private wealth. Katharina Pistor (Columbia...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
‘Stratification’ Theory Tackles the Racial Blindspots of Orthodox Economics
Economist Darrick Hamilton and Institute President Rob Johnson discuss “stratification economics”, which addresses the failure of orthodox economics to see, explain and point to remedies for persistent racial inequality.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Coding Capital [Katharina Pistor]
This law is my law, this law is your law...Katharina Pistor (@Columbia Law School) explains how our legal system is manipulated to protect wealth, and why the rules of the game always seem just out of reach.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Suresh Naidu - Property Rights and Growth: Lessons from Slavery
Strong enforcement of property rights is good for economic growth, says the conventional wisdom. The link may not be as clear cut, says Suresh Naidu. He and co-investigator Jeremiah Dittmar are digging through court records and newspaper...
Global Ethics Solutions
Stewardship of Company Assets: Connecting Character
This is the second of a four-part course on respecting company assets. This section discusses the issues, myths, and problems of property rights as well as how our personal attitudes and character affects our ability to respect company...
SWPictures
THE OTHER AMERICA - The Poverty Ladder
It’s a universal truth that shelter is a basic human need. For the rich the mortgages and loans around them offer more than just a roof over their head, it makes them assets, collateral, it makes them part of the formal economy. But what...
The Business Professor
Acquiring Property Rights Through Confusion
This Video Explains Acquiring Property Rights Through Confusion
The Business Professor
How are Property Rights limited by the Government
This Video Explains How Property Rights are limited by the Government
The Business Professor
Laws for Lost, Mislaid, and Abandoned Items
This Video Explains Laws for Lost, Mislaid, and Abandoned Items
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lewis Gordon & Jason Stanley - When Philosophers Talk - Part 2
Lewis Gordon graduated in 1984 from Lehman College, CUNY, through the Lehman Scholars Program, with a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He completed his Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy...