469 Videos
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How China Escaped Shock Therapy
Oct 27, 2021
A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China’s market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe.
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What Universities Owe Democracy
Oct 25, 2021
We have certainly been testing the resilience of democracy, but are we paying attention to the lessons?
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We Need a Resilient Society
Oct 5, 2021
Princeton economics professor Markus Brunnermeier discusses his recently released book, The Resilient Society, which argues that in crisis-prone situations societal resilience is a crucial component for averting outright disaster and outlines how we might achieve that resilience. SHOW MORE
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Transforming and Democratizing Institutions to Address Climate Change
Sep 17, 2021
Geoff Mann, professor of geography at Simon Fraser University and co-author of the book, Climate Leviathan, discusses the authoritarian dangers ahead, as the world tried to cope with climate change, and how all institutions, including central banking, need to evolve so they address the problem adequately.
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Feminist Economics
Sep 15, 2021
The economy is not gender neutral, but actually relies on gender imbalances to function and grow.
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Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
Sep 7, 2021
Adam Tooze discusses his new book with Rob Johnson
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On Developing a Vision for a Better Society
Sep 3, 2021
Gisele Huff, education policy specialist and president of the Gerald Huff Fund for Humanity, along with john a. powell, director of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, talk about the motivations and process behind the soon-to-be-released report, “Convening on Automation, Opportunity, and Belonging: Vision and Foundations for a Better Society.”
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The Invisible Woman
Sep 1, 2021
Economics has many flaws, yet few are as broadly oppressive as its illusions about gender.
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Understanding China's Market Reform Strategy
Aug 30, 2021
Isabella Weber, assistant professor of economics at UMass Amherst, discusses her new book on how China managed its transition from central planning to markets
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Back to the Future of Learning
Aug 25, 2021
If we save education, can we save humanity?
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The History of Financial Bubbles
Aug 24, 2021
The Locus and Focus of Speculation
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The Vicious Cycle of Mass Incarceration and Racial Injustice
Aug 18, 2021
MIT economic historian Peter Temin discusses parts of his forthcoming book, focusing on the history of mass incarceration of uneducated Blacks and how it has created a permanent class of poor Black Americans
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We Need a Reparative Culture
Aug 13, 2021
Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of the book, Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Properties in America’s Black Cities, discusses the ongoing problem of how real estate dynamics continue to maintain racial injustice in cities across United States, and how we need a “reparative culture” to address the problem.
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A Society Designed to Incentivize Criminal Behavior at the Highest Level
Aug 11, 2021
Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, talks about the many ways in which the US economic system has become rigged to favor the richest.
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The Obscene Obstacles to Global Vaccine Distribution
Aug 6, 2021
Lori Wallach, of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, and Jayati Ghosh, economics professor at UMass Amherst, discuss how first world countries are protecting pharma companies’ exorbitant profits, at the expense of vaccinating people living in the Global South and thereby also endangering everyone in the world.