Beginning with a provocation from Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard) this session of the April 7-9, 2011conference "Science and Technology Studies: The Next Twenty,"d...

Vincent is a young man born and brought up in Hong Kong. When he was even younger, he had a dream of helping people in need in other countries, using his kno...

James D. Long explores how to reduce corruption and improve government performance by using technology to empower citizens. Violence, intimidation, and vote ...

For millennia, most human lives have been spent enduring extreme poverty, without enough food, medicine, education, freedom to live a decent life. If you wer...

Learning Disability in Higher Education and the Professor Student Relationship The professor-student relationship in higher education may be one of mentorshi...

This final episode in our Investigating International Finance series explores the controversial ways in which global finance interacts with the developing world. Western financial firms can buy, restructure, and then sell off companies, often leaving them saddled with debt. We also look at 'land grabbing', the widespread selling and leasing of land in Africa to corporations, which can result in governments evicting local people from their land.

This is the fourth in a series of four videos investigating different areas of the international finance system. Each is a short introduction to a major challenge we face if we want to reform global finance and make it work for people and the planet.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TED...

The Clinton corruption is now being covered by MSM. The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Bloomberg , and Washington Post. The tide has turned. Wik...

Quants are the math wizards and computer programmers in the engine room of our global financial system who designed the financial products that almost crashe...