Is space the “final frontier” — or the perfect place to revolutionize life on Earth? Space architect Ariel Ekblaw reveals how self-assembling structures could build orbiting real estate in space dedicated to solving humanity’s greatest...

Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that...

Today Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking about both the least and most important aspect of government: foreign policy. Foreign policy is important because it has the potential to affect the largest...

Fresh water is essential for life -- and there's not nearly enough of it for the world right now. Why is that, and what could we do? Christiana Z. Peppard lays out the big questions of our global water problem. And no, shorter showers...

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This video explains the concept of public goods and why they are typically provided by the government rather than through the market. The video describes two unique characteristics of public goods - non-excludability and non-rivalry.

Professor Stephanie Seguino of the University of Vermont describes how inequality between men and women has driven economic growth, arguing that pursuing equality while growing the economy requires reframing social spending as a form of...

The job of the CEO grows more complex by the day, with top leaders on the hook to deliver profits alongside a sense of purpose. A conversation with two CEOs on the new rules of running modern Organizations. Photo: Jeff Bush for The Wall...

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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...

Deep learning and computer imaging are opening a range of applications for business and society - from facial and gesture recognition to medical image analysis and autonomous driving. What's the best use of this new technology?

Michael Sandel and Joe Stiglitz discuss why selling votes is bad for democracy, and how individual self-interest doesn’t always serve the public good
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In this full-length interview from What Money Can’t Buy, political...

Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and is the founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight. Ariely's TED talks have been viewed over 10 million times. He is the author of...

Institutions like INET and heterodox thinking can return economics to its fundamental goal of being a public good, says Adair Turner

Julia Cage warns that a media ravaged by market forces cannot serve democracy’s need for an informed citizenry.

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How can leaders be better equipped to not just get their companies through the pandemic, but to ensure they emerge from it with a stronger, more inclusive, compassionate, and resilient culture?

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"You didn't build that!" Mr. Clifford expalins the characteristics of public goods and the free rider problem

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt has suggested that Hollywood may be the canary in the coal mine for the disruption AI is bringing across industries. The entrepreneur behind the Emmy-winning creative collaboration platform HITRECORD has become one...

Pope Leo XIV has called out clickbait as a “degrading” practice in journalism, urging reporters to prioritize ethics, transparency, and public service. Speaking to global news agencies at the Vatican, he highlighted the risks of AI in...