Economist and best-selling author Jeffrey Sachs says a geopolitical Cold War with China would be a “dreadful mistake.” He explains how globalization will persist as societies and workplaces move online and urges policymakers to come together to tackle issues like climate change. Sachs says the U.S. economy won’t have a “v-shaped” recovery because of he country’s failure to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
How the United States and its people respond to this change is fundamental not just to the country's future, but also to global growth and stability. Observe, Orient, Decide and Act (OODA-loop). Must see on education.
Public lecture at Vienna’s University of Economics. Excellent explanaition on economy. Must see! More on Yanis.
Margrethe Vestager wants to keep European markets competitive -- which is why, on behalf of the EU, she's fined Google $2.8 billion for breaching antitrust rules, asked Apple for $15.3 billion in back taxes and investigated a range of companies, from Gazprom to Fiat, for anti-competitive practices. In an important talk about the state of the global business, she explains why markets need clear rules -- and how even the most innovative companies can become a problem when they become too dominant. "Real and fair competition has a vital role to play in building the trust we need to get the best of our societies," Vestager says. "And that starts with enforcing our rules."
The Challenges Facing the Post-Crisis Industrial World.
Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism.
Current best practices in risk management work only when correlations are stable. At turning points historical relationships between assets breakdown. The only way to effectively anticipate future risk factors is by understanding root macroeconomic causes.
As we will never return to 'business as usual' 23 international thinkers, government advisors and Wall Street money-men break their silence and explain how to establish a moral and just society.
Do you want to know the basis of the western financial architecture? Watch this lecture.
With every major financial recovery since the second World War beginning in a place of greater debt than the one before it, how could we not have foreseen the financial crisis of 2008? In this episode of Meet the Renegades, economics professor and author, Michael Hudson argues we did.
The Economy for the Common Good is a widely demanded alternative to the – inhumane, instable and unsustainable – ruling economic model. It is post-dualistic, overcomes both capitalism and socialism, and is based on the values that make human relationships flourish: empathy, dignity, solidarity, cooperation, justice, and sustainability. It is received enthusiastically worldwide, and more and more people, companies, universities and governments are joining the movement. Join us, too! More info.
Jean-Claude Trichet was President of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011, during which he oversaw the Eurozone’s handling of the Great Recession and the European debt crisis in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse. Before joining the ECB, Trichet was Governor of the Banque de France for over a decade. He now heads Bruegel, a leading European think tank focused on economic policy.
Where do the boldest innovations, with the deepest consequences for society, come from? Many business leaders, entrepreneurs, and libertarians claim that the private sector leads the way always, and government at best follows by decades and at worst impedes the process with bureaucratic regulations.
