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Institute for New Economic Thinking
Alex Kinmont: The Future of Japan and Abenomics
Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.
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Financial Times
Covid-19 and the business of vaccines
The FT explains the business models behind vaccines and asks if the Covid-19 pandemic will fundamentally change the vaccine market. This short documentary features global experts including Bill Gates, the CEOs of Moderna and Gavi, and...
PBS
How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?
Did you know Martin Luther King Jr Day wasn't celebrated in all 50 states until 2000? And that in order to create the holiday honoring the civil rights leader we needed help from Stevie Wonder and the National Football League. Why was...
IDG TECHtalk
Intel’s $20 billion investment into Ohio chipmaking facility, plus chip shortage updates
Intel recently announced plans to invest $20 billion into a massive new semiconductor fabrication plant in Ohio. This announcement comes as Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said the U.S. urgently needs to increase domestic chip...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cybersecurity Framework Overview Michael Daniel
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel describes the Cybersecurity Executive order as industry and government sharing information to raise the baseline of cybersecurity across U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure.
The Wall Street Journal
Modern Family Values
Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Initialized Capital and Founder of Reddit is shaking up the image of the working dad. He's rallied for businesses to offer more parental benefits and extols the virtues of 50-50 parenting.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Can Markets Save the Planet?
Graciela Chichilnisky has a plan to do exactly that. Co-author of the Kyoto protocol, creator of the carbon market, and leader of the “carbon negative technology” company Global Thermostat, she argues that the same mechanisms that got us...
The Wall Street Journal
View from the U.S. Part III: Foreign Relations
The emergence of China as an economic power that rivals the U.S. is also reshaping America's relations with allies abroad, as traditional alliances adjust to new global realities. What might that mean for Asia?
Rachel's English
English Vocabulary Challenge Day 7
You can improve your English vocabulary and English pronunciation by studying these vocab words, repeating them along with me to master each sound. We’ll study each word by focusing on how Americans actually pronounce it, and we’ll...
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Cancer Treatment
Science has made great progress in cancer screening and treatment, including breakthroughs in cellular therapies. But cancer is still a leading cause of death in America. What innovations and technologies will shape progress in the future?
Professor Dave Explains
Public Goods and Externalities
In a free market, there are certain things that the government must provide that the marketplace cannot. These are called public goods, and they include things like schools, roads, parks, and many other things. These are the things that...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
United States: Small Government is Totally Wrong For Now
In part 4 of INET's interview with Richard Koo, discusses how it will be hard for the US to maintain its role as a global force if it does not help fix its balance sheet problems with a strong government intervention
The Wall Street Journal
Working Together to Protect American Businesses
Public/Private partnerships are essential to ensure national and economic security, the FBI-affiliated InfraGard program talks about why and how.
Global Health with Greg Martin
Non-Communicable Diseases
On this episode, we are joined by Jordan Jarvis of the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network (YP-CDN) to discuss the growing burden of Non-Communicable Disease and the latest WHO status report on the issue.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Michael Shellenberger: Energy and the Economics of Renewables
In this interview we discuss the impact of Schumpeter's concept of creative destruction in economic thinking - and specifically in energy. Most crucially we debate the issues surrounding conservation and the use of new oil and gas...
Global Health with Greg Martin
Health Systems (pt 1) - an interview with Dr. Jonathan D. Quick
In this episode we interview Dr. Jonathan D. Quick, CEO of Management Sciences for Health and talk about Health Systems.
The Wall Street Journal
The View From Law Enforcement
Law enforcement leaders from the E.U. and U.S. set out the challenges of pursuing cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers and their latest thinking on working with the private sector.
Healthcare Triage
The Healthcare System of the United States
We've been getting a lot of requests to talk about the health care systems of different countries. It's really hard to compress the complexities of each into an episode, but we're going to try. First up is the United States. Others will...
The Economics of Seinfeld
Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Barber
Students learn about the economic concept of competition through this funny Seinfeld clip [5:04] in which Jerry gets a bad haircut, but refuses to leave his barber out of loyalty.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Upper Bound on Forward Settlement Price
Understand the upper bound on forward settlement price in a forward contract with this video lecture. [4:18]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: More on Ip Os
Public vs. Private Equity Why people buy equity to begin with. Find out in this video [11:47].