469 Videos
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Lance Taylor on Growth, Distribution, and the Future of Capitalism
May 1, 2019
Lance Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research, delivers the annual Heilbroner Memorial Lecture on the Future of Capitalism.
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Why We Must Resist Conventional Economic Wisdom
Apr 17, 2019
Dani Rodrik says that when ideas become conventional wisdom, we are blind to their limitations
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Why Corporate-Led Globalization is Unsustainable
Apr 10, 2019
Globalization’s elite winners get lower taxes while its losers pay more
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When Innovation Meets Authoritarianism
Apr 3, 2019
China is the staging ground for an economic experiment: Can innovation succeed when it’s directed by an authoritarian stat
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Why We Should Decriminalize Sex Work
Mar 27, 2019
Stigmatizing and relegating an activity to the shadows doesn’t improve anyone’s welfare
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The Many Costs of Social Media Addiction
Mar 23, 2019
“Founding father” of virtual reality explores the ways digital platforms change economic relationships Computer scientist Jaron Lanier explains the uneasy relationship between an analog world and a corporate digital infrastructure.
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The Future of Work Is Going to Be More Human
Mar 20, 2019
As automation takes on more routine tasks, work will become more about creativity, ethics, and empathy
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Joe Stiglitz: The Challenges Facing China
Mar 6, 2019
The Nobel laureate economist discusses how an activist government is needed to tackle problems like climate change
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Behavioral Economics: The Next Generation
Feb 27, 2019
To understand behavior and choice, we need to borrow from not just cognitive science but also sociology.
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Financial Regulation Shouldn’t Be Hard—Here’s What We Need to Make It Work
Feb 20, 2019
We can land planes safely at crowded airports, yet we can’t manage to make our financial system safe. Why?
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Is Free Money the Future of the Safety Net?
Feb 6, 2019
Universal Basic Income is gaining in popularity, among socialists and libertarians alike. But when it comes to implementation, the devil is in the details.
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The Best Way to Measure Inequality
Jan 30, 2019
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
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A Growth Slowdown is Coming
Jan 23, 2019
U.S. GDP accounting underestimates intangible capital, overstates financial capital, and is all but oblivious to the erosion of human and social capital.
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John Bogle: How Wall Street Lost Sight of Ordinary Americans
Jan 17, 2019
From tax loopholes to high-risk speculation, Vanguard’s founder reflects on the state of Wall Street and the change needed to make finance work for ordinary people.
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Does Inflation Targeting Make the Poor Poorer?
Jan 16, 2019
When central banks set inflation targets, they effectively redistribute income from wage earners to bondholders