Anne Neuberger, Director of the NSA's new Cybersecurity Directorate, discusses how geo-political events often drive surges in cyberattacks against the U.S. public and private sector. Are the nation's defenses up to the task of defending...

The FT's Gillian Tett discusses the 'flaw' in Alan Greenspan's thinking and how culture has been overlooked at the cost to the global economy 10 years on from the financial crisis. By understanding the role of culture in banking, are we...

In a challenge to conventional views on modern monetary and fiscal policy, Professor Bill Mitchell of Newcastle University in Australia has emerged as one of the foremost exponents of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a heterodox challenge...

Alexander Field offers a new take on postwar prosperity in the United States. While public spending during the Second World War is often credited with laying the foundation for postwar growth, Field suggests this foundation had long...

As employers in the trade sector offer new recruits higher pay, better benefits and signing-on bonuses, Amanda Cage, president and CEO of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, joins us to discuss the future of trade schools across...

How can your business navigate among the many firms and choose the vendor that fits with your risks. We look at how you should manage the relationship, what questions you should ask and what pitfalls should you avoid.

This is a 13 question practice quiz for Macroeconomics and Microeconomics Unit 1. The questions are designed for AP and college introductory economics. Do your best and feel free to click on the "learn more" link next to each question to...

Examine the intersection of cybercrime and national defense, including protecting critical infrastructure, defending against political meddling and securing companies' intellectual property.

As part of its initiative to ensure that the Internet continues to spawn growth and innovation, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce held a symposium on "Cybersecurity and Innovation in the Information Economy" on July 27, 2010 in Washington DC....

Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff tell the history of financial crisis as a tale of excessive public debt. But what more commonly drives financial instability, says Moritz Schularick, is excessive private debt. Financial crises are...

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 1:



Anatomy of Crisis The Living History of the Last 30 years: Economic Theory, Politics

and Policy

The current economic and financial...

Mike Read, International Space Station Commercial Space Utilization Manager, discusses NASA's new directive that further opens up the station for commercialization and space tourism with the goal of developing a robust economy in...

More than five years after the fall of Lehman Brothers we are still dealing with the problem of high unemployment, the worst kind of "waste" in economic theory.



Is there a better approach? A number of...

The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 8:<b<br/>r/>

Political Economy: What Can Government Do? Wh<br/>at Will Government Do?

13 million people looking for living wage work is not a “full employment” economy.



Why should the federal government adopt a jobs guarantee? Just ask the 13 million Americans looking for living

wage work.

That’s...

The condition of the Chinese economy is increasingly becoming a significant factor exorcising the minds of global policy makers. Even though China’s most recent data has shown signs of stabilization (and the current turmoil in the...

Zenna Atkins currently runs ZA partners, an organisation designed to assist other organisations and companies to find creative solutions, deliver innovation and achieve their goals.



Prior to this, Zenna worked in the...

We've done the US, Canada, and France. None of them are really socialized healthcare systems. To get at that, we need to go look at a system like that of the UK. More specifically, we're going to talk about England's National Health...

NASA is fostering a commercial space economy. In this episode of "The Invisible Network" podcast, we look at space communications support of the Commercial Crew Program.

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar talks about managing finances for the Lone Star State and for its citizens. Hegar describes the economic impact of NASA on the state of Texas based on a report drafted by the Comptroller's...

Matthew Olsen, Assistant Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice, discusses the heightened risk of cyber espionage and attacks and how companies should respond to these threats.

Is there a role for the state in fostering innovation?



The usual caricature of government involvement in business, which has become especially prominent in the last 40 years, can be seen in the classic American...

Zenna currently works in the private sector, bringing innovation and solutions to complex problems; her driver is to deliver social benefit using commercial means. She is currently also engaged as the Academies Director for the South...

Federal Chief Information Officer Steve VanRoekel gives his second speech in that role at the November 2-4, 2011 Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop, held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg. MD. At the...