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TED Talks
TED: The fairy tales of the fossil fuel industry -- and a better climate story | Luisa Neubauer
The fossil fuel industry is a factory of fairy tales, says activist and School Strike for Climate organizer Luisa Neubauer. Tracing the industry's five-decade trickle of lies about climate science, she busts the myth that economic growth...
TED Talks
Dambisa Moyo: Is China the new idol for emerging economies?
The developed world holds up the ideals of capitalism, democracy and political rights for all. Those in emerging markets often don't have that luxury. In this powerful talk, economist Dambisa Moyo makes the case that the west can't...
TED Talks
TED: How (and why) Russia hacked the uS election | Laura Galante
Hacking, fake news, information bubbles ... all these and more have become part of the vernacular in recent years. But as cyberspace analyst Laura Galante describes in this alarming talk, the real target of anyone looking to influence...
TED Talks
Charles Robertson: Africa's next boom
The past decade has seen slow and steady economic growth across the continent of Africa. But economist Charles Robertson has a bold thesis: Africa's about to boom. He talks through a few of the indicators -- from rising education levels...
TED Talks
TED: How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era | Pia Mancini
Pia Mancini and her colleagues want to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond. Through their open-source mobile platform they want to bring citizens inside the legislative process, and run candidates who will listen to what they say.
TED Talks
Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems
It's a standard assumption in the West: As a society progresses, it eventually becomes a capitalist, multi-party democracy. Right? Eric X. Li, a Chinese investor and political scientist, begs to differ. In this provocative,...
Curated Video
What are the Different Forms of Government?
Every country on Earth is run by some form of government – but there are many different kinds, from autocracies and oligarchies to direct and representative democracies.
Curated Video
Pandemic Perspectives: Beliefs and Values
MITIGATING THE MENACE: Professor Dunn talks about how drastic and systemic the impact of the COVID-1 pandemic was, how democracy does not necessarily give any guarantee for collective security and how it is not certain that any kind of...
Curated Video
What are the Different Forms of Government?
Every country on Earth is run by some form of government – but there are many different kinds, from autocracies and oligarchies to direct and representative democracies.
History Hit
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry: Impressions of democracy today
What are the authors impressions of how democracies have changed and how have they evolved over time?<br/>
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 5
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 5
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Looking Ahead | Polanyi on Polanyi
Kari Polanyi Levitt looks at the challenges facing the world today. We face three existential crises, which we are not even beginning to address: collapse of the ecological infrastructure, the weaponization of international...
Curated Video
Slavery in Democracies: The Greatest Hypocrisy
How could democratic societies claim to support equality while holding humans in bondage? The legacy of slavery tests the democratic ideal that everyone has an equal right to freedom and self-governance.
Science360
How economic growth, democratization and social tolerance lead to happiness.
Political scientist Ronald Inglehart, World Values Survey director at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, says greater economic growth, democratization and social tolerance in 45 of 52 countries for which substantial time series...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Ziblatt - How Democracies Die
Daniel Ziblatt is Professor of Government at Harvard University and a faculty associate at Harvard's Minda De Gunzburg Center for European Studies. Ziblatt's teaching and resarch is in comparative politics, with a focus on...
TLDR News
Does America Have Too Many Elections? - TLDR News
America feels like it's always in an election cycle, with 2020 feeling like moments ago and the 2022 midterms just around the corner. So we ask if having so many elections actually harms American democracy and if they'd be better off...
Curated Video
Box CEO: Privacy and Security Is At The Core of What We Do
Box, the cloud content management system worth $3.5 billion, has taken a value-based approach to how it runs, according to Box CEO Aaron Levie. Levie said that privacy and security is a number one priority and that'w why its customers...
Curated Video
As Box Scales, CEO Thinks Small
Box CEO Aaron Levie told Cheddar that his company's structure -- lots of small, empowered teams -- has helped land it two-thirds of the Fortune 500 as customers.
Curated Video
As Box Scales Cloud Services, Its CEO Thinks Small
Box CEO Aaron Levie told Cheddar that his company's structure -- lots of small, empowered teams -- has helped land it two-thirds of the Fortune 500 as customers.
Curated Video
Newspapers Taking a Stand for #FreePress
Hundreds of newspapers nationwide are taking a stand against President Trump's repeated criticisms of "fake news." The New York Times and Boston Globe published editorials defending the free press, stating it's not the enemy of the people.
Curated Video
Paul Ryan reiterates support for intelligence services
U.S. Speaker contradicts Trump statements, says Russia is trying to undermine democracy around the world.
Curated Video
Crackdown in Turkey after failed coup
Turkey's President has intensified his crackdown following the failed coup. Authorities have now detained six thousand people.
Curated Video
Trudeau says foreign election interference is an 'existential threat'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will support the public inquiry into foreign interference 'every step of the way.'
Curated Video
Blinken says US, Israel have responsibility to protect civilians
Israel and the United States have a responsibility to protect civilian life, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Curated Video
Blinken says U.S. will talk about 'concrete steps' to minimize harms to civilians in Gaza
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is travelling to the Middle East, said on Thursday that Israel has the 'right and the obligation' to defend itself — but he noted that democracies also have a responsibility 'to do everything...