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SURVIVOR'S GUIDE - Weathering the Storm
While the world seemed to be taken by surprise by the recent global economic crisis, one country was a little more prepared than others. In the 90’s Argentina was hailed as an economic success story. But in 2001 after a lengthy...
The Wall Street Journal
Distributing Food During Global Disasters
Chef José Andrés and filmmaker Ron Howard discuss the public and private sector’s role in feeding towns and cities during global disasters, with a specific focus on the war in Ukraine.
The Economist
Venezuela's mayor on the run
Venezuela is on the brink of ruin. The former mayor of Caracas dared to challenge President Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian regime—and was made a public enemy.
TLDR News
Coronavirus Bar Chart Race: How the Disease Crossed the World - TLDR News
Coronavirus continues to spread around the world, so we thought we'd rewind to the beginning of the crisis to show you how the virus spread around the world. In this video, we use all of the WTO's situation reports, to show which...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa - Keynote Speech, INET Conference @ King's
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Day 3 - Dinner Keynote. Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa discusses the crisis in economics and provides the closing remarks on the final night of the conference.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Need for Economist "GPs"
In part 4 of INET's interview with Raghuram Rajan he criticizes the narrow focus of most economists: "Just like in medicine: you have to have experts in each area, but you also need general practitioners - to integrate. I think we...
Curated Video
Learn and Master C Programming - If...else...Code Example: Checking high blood pressure readings
The author shows you an example that uses several if...else statements and also how to nest if statements using a blood pressure reader function that takes two numbers and gives you back your result as string. This clip is from the...
The Wall Street Journal
U.N. Economist and Former UNICEF Head on Developing Food Crises
Arif Husain, chief economist of the U.N. World Food Programme, and Ann Veneman, former executive director of UNICEF and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, discuss the food crises developing across vulnerable regions of the world.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Joschka Fischer: Which Way Forward? 1/6
Joschka Fischer, Former Foreign Minister, Germany, speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich - What the 19th Century US Can Teach Today's Europe About Sovereign Debt
If the countries in the European periphery defaulted on their debt, the euro as a common currency breaks down. This contention is used as an argument for bailouts and rescue packages, and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich says it's wrong. He draws...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Relearning Recessions
What causes a financial crisis? You may think of long lines of angry depositors at the bank. But Cornell economist Matthew Baron says it’s more about credit booms and over-lending than we’ve thought before.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
A Short Introduction to the New Book "Capitalism 4.0"
Board Member Anatole Kaletsky gives an overview of his terrific new book on today's reinvention of capitalism on a scale only seen 4 times in 250 years. Interviewed by Robert Johnson in New York City, June 2010.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Banking on Recovery
In part 2 of INET's interview with Erik Berglöf, the subject is why countries that invested in exports fared better than those that invested in real estate -- and why it was good to have foreign banking leverage
TLDR News
What The Hell is Elon Musk Doing: Coronavirus, X Æ A-12 & Tesla's Value - TLDR News
Elon Musk seems to have had a pretty crazy week or two. The multi-billionaire weighed in on the Coronavirus crisis, making some pretty controversial claims. He seemed to tank the value of his own company by saying it was overvalued. His...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Crash Course on Hyman Minsky, L. Randall Wray
L. Randall Wray, professor at UMKC, talks about Hyman Minsky, an American economist who, even in the relative stability of the 1950s, predicted financial collapse because of "speculative euphoria." Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Don’t Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Matias Vernengo explains how economic crises reveal the nakedness of neoliberal policies. After the Great Depression, global capitalism underwent serious reform. Why didn’t that happen after 2008? Matias Vernengo, Professor of Economics...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Erik Berglöf - Crisis in Eastern Europe: The People's Perspective (2/4)
INET interview with Erik Berglof, Part 2 of 4
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Mario Seccareccia: Macroeconomic Management After a Crisis (3/7)
The video shows the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Mario Seccareccia, Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa. The...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Satyajit Das: The Cultural Transformation of the World of Finance (4/6)
With mathematical finance it became possible to put a number on risk. While the quantification of risk makes life comfortable for everybody, it also compels us to stop thinking, Das warns in Part 4 of this INET interview.
TLDR News
Why Trump's COVID Opinions Don't Match Reality - TLDR News
It seems that as the number of COVID cases in the US rapidly increases, the messaging coming from the Trump administration just isn't matching the scientific data - it appears the president just doesn't quite get the outbreak. In this...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Simon Johnson: The Challenge of Large, Complex Financial Institutions (6/7)
The panelists discuss large complex financial institutions at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Simon Johnson, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Global Economics and Management at the Sloan...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
John Cassidy, Richard Koo, Ken Rogoff - Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Opening Session Q&A. Where are we now? Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability
The Wall Street Journal
James Gorman's Financial Outlook
What do Russian sanctions, soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and the risks of more supply disruptions out of China mean for the financial outlook? Morgan Stanley’s chairman and CEO weighs in.
The March of Time
1940: STATUE: TU MS Statue of World War I soldier w/ rifle on shoulder. 1918 DRAMATIZATION: 'Welcome 1919' banner. People in New Year's celebration. 'Congressman' sipping champagne w/ wife, men of 'The Day' newspaper toasting, 'Congressman' toasting.
MOT 1940: STATUE: TU MS Statue of World War I soldier w/ rifle on shoulder. 1918 DRAMATIZATION: 'Welcome 1919' banner. People in New Year's celebration. 'Congressman' sipping champagne w/ wife, men of 'The Day' newspaper toasting,...