The intermodal container changed our world. We would never have the interconnected and global economy of today without Malcolm McLean and his system of conta...

The laws on the books are often not the laws that exist in the fields for farmworkers. Sixteen California farmworkers have died of heat stress since 2005, wh...

Information is critical to decision-making and planning in a humanitarian response. Decisions must be based on reliable data and analysis of the needs of the people that are most affected. This is not easy when access to people affected by the crisis is difficult, when the operating environment is dangerous, and when requests for information are frequent and diverse.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-understand-power-eric-liu Every day, we move and operate within systems of power that other people have co...

3 minute video introducing The Investment and Human Rights Project within the Laboratory for Advanced Research on the Global Economy. The video introduces th...

http://www.tedxeuston.com Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is Nigerian. She is a globally renowned Nigerian economist and currently Finance Minister of Nigeria, a positio...

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.

http://www.ted.com TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings...