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Why money obsession is keeping you poor
The economy is made up of real resources and the people who produce and own them. Money is different. Money is supposed to represent these real things and the relations between them, but it often fails to. Focusing too much … Continue reading
Dr Ha-Joon Chang | Full Address and Q&A | Oxford Union
SUBSCRIBE for more speakers ► http://is.gd/OxfordUnion Oxford Union on Facebook: / theoxfordunion Oxford Union on Twitter: @OxfordUnion Website: http://www.oxford-union.org/ Chang is a renowned economist, specialising in development economics. He has served as a consultant to various UN agencies, the World … Continue reading
Gulf slave society | Aeon
Migrant construction workers sleep on the floor in Dubai in 2012. Photo by Jonas Bendickson/Magnum Bernard Freamon is adjunct professor at New York University School of Law and emeritus professor at Seton Hall University School of Law. He is the … Continue reading
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The end of globalization (and the beginning of something new) | Mike O’Sullivan
Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. “Globalization is on its deathbed,” says economist Mike O’Sullivan. The question now is: What’s next? Tracing the historical successes and failures of globalization, … Continue reading
Free As In Frequent Flyer Miles | Kottke
Buried deep within Jamie Lauren Keiles’ NY Times article about frequent flyer miles and The Points Guy is this economic observation: A major reason points-and-miles trips exist is because airlines turn a more stable profit by minting their own currencies … Continue reading
What will the world be like after coronavirus? Four possible futures
We could use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse. Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night wondering what … Continue reading
Honduras | “…working the maze of hope in the land of illusory governance.” — Edge of Humanity Magazine
Photographer Seth Berry is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay. From the project ‘Anchuria’. To see Seth’s body of work, click on any image. In 1904, the term “Banana Republic” was coined by the short story … Continue reading
Circular economy and serendipity | Robin Teigland | TEDxPeniche
PT | A Robin, é uma faz-tudo – mãe de cinco filhos, Professora de Administração de Empresas e Gestão de Digitalização em Gotemburgo, na Suécia e Co-directora do centro de Estratégia e Competitividade que, recentemente, escolheu Peniche como porto para … Continue reading
A Gringo’s look into the problems facing Brazil
One of the hardest things for me to grasp about Brazil was the problems that the country faces. Ever since I started working at Billabong, I would hear a lot about how the economy was going downhill and the government … Continue reading
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