Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Dangers of Financialization
TIME magazine assistant managing editor Rana Foroohar’s book Makers and Takers sounds an important note of warning on the dangers of financialization of the U.S. economy. She reveals that the financial system no longer funds new ideas...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Simon Johnson - 13 Bankers And The Next Financial Meltdown
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 4: Political Economy: What Can Government Do? What Will Government Do?
Next Animation Studio
Florida now home to venomous new tarantula species
Florida has finally found a new spider that is not an invasive species — but it's not for the squeamish.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Economy’s Cuban Missile Crisis
In 2008 a global financial meltdown was just barely contained. But Adam Tooze says that the crisis of confidence has had long aftershocks. Adam Tooze, Columbia University historian and author of the new book Crashed: How a Decade of...
The Wall Street Journal
What's Next In Gene Editing
Editing genes is at the forefront of global efforts to boost harvests through biotechnology. How does that stack up against consumers' growing appetite for organic food? And how is China aiming to capitalize on the latest gains in this...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Role of the Economics Profession in the Global Crisis
A lineup of top Economists explain how the economics profession was partly responsible for the recent Financial meltdown and Great Recession.
Financial Times
Toshiba in $6.3bn nuclear meltdown
Shigenori Shiga, Toshiba chairman, has announced that he will resign due to the group's poor performance in its nuclear division. Ed Crooks, US energy editor, explains why the industry titan may now have to sell off part of its lucrative...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Financial Reform in a Crisis: The Swedish Solution
Whenever the question is raised about the appropriateness of the bailouts for our largest financial institutions during the most recent financial crisis, the usual response among people who defend the idea is to suggest that without...
Limonero Films
Lehman Brothers: Excessive Risk Bites Back
This video provides a detailed account of the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on the downfall of investment banks Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. It highlights the excessive risks taken by these institutions, the lack of regulatory...
The Guardian
Frieze art fair 2009
Never mind the zombie film stars, portentous coffin and glum references to the financial meltdown, the Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle finds this year's contemporary art fair alive and thriving from impromptu performances to the...
The Guardian
End of year of review 2011: politics - The Guardian
With riots in England, the Arab spring, scandal, protest and a worldwide financial meltdown, 2011 was perhaps the most eventful year in living memory. Jonathan Freedland, Polly Toynbee and Tom Clark pick their winners and losers,...
The Guardian
Faisal Islam on The Default Line interview
Faisal Islam on The Default Line interview Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD As economics editor of Channel 4 News, Faisal Islam has chronicled the financial crisis and the near-meltdown of western capitalism, from...
SWPictures
SURVIVOR'S GUIDE - The Migrant's Story
What began as an international financial crisis has turned into a global jobs meltdown. Unemployment is rising. We look at what the fall out from the crisis means for the millions of economic migrants who have left the countries of their...
Crash Course
The 2008 Financial Crisis
You may remember the 2008 financial crisis like it was yesterday, but the learners in your class were likely too young to understand what was going on at the time. Clarify a now-historic moment in United States economics with a Crash...
University of California
University of California Television: Understanding the Financial Crisis
UC Davis Institute of Government Affairs presents this televised seminar featuring a collection of faculty members specializing in economics, management and history to share their thoughts on the 2008-2009 financial crisis. [58:19]
University of California
University of California Television: Financial Crises and Globalization
Professors of the University of California discuss historical references to evaluate causes and possible consequences of the 2008-2009 global financial collapse. [1:19:46]
University of California
University of California Television: Global Economic Crisis
A televised interview between Harry Kreisler and Chief Economic Commentator Martin Wolf regarding the global financial crisis in 2008-2009. [55:57]
University of California
University of California: Historical Perspective on the Global Economic Crisis
A televised interview between Harry Kreisler and economic history professor at the University of California, Barry Eichengreen, regarding the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. [57:54]