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...
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In a thought-provoking talk, Nat Ware makes the case that charities have been put in a box for far too long. We have...
In a thought-provoking talk, Nat Ware makes the case that charities have been put in a box for far too long. We have expectations of charities, he says, and ...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Cassandra shares a...
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Cassandra shares a personal story of discovery and invites us all t...
Alex is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex graduated top of his class from Oxford University and...
Alex is a Professor of Finance at London Business School. Alex graduated top of his class from Oxford University and then worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking (London) and fixed income sales and trading (NYC). After a PhD in Finance from MIT Sloan as a Fulbright Scholar, he joined Wharton, where he was granted tenure and won 14 teaching awards in six years. Alex’s research interests are in corporate finance, behavioural finance, CSR, and practical investment strategies. He has been awarded the Moskowitz Prize for Socially Responsible Investing and the FIR-PRI prize for Finance and Sustainability, and was named a Rising Star of Corporate Governance by Yale University. Alex co-led a session at the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, and runs a blog, “Access to Finance” (www.alexedmans.blogspot.com), that aims to make complex finance topics accessible to a general audience.
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig makes the case that our democracy has become corrupt with money, leading to...
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig makes the case that our democracy has become corrupt with money, leading to inequality that means only 0.02% of the United States population actually determines who's in power. Lessig says that this fundamental breakdown of the democratic system must be fixed before we will ever be able to address major challenges like climate change, social security, and student debt. This is not the most important problem, it's just the first problem..
About this event: http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/projects/demig/2014-conference Douglas Massey presents his paper...
About this event: http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/projects/demig/2014-conference Douglas Massey presents his paper ‘International migration in theory and practice: A...
http://www.fao.org/sofa/gender The world cannot eliminate hunger without closing the gap between men and women in...
http://www.fao.org/sofa/gender The world cannot eliminate hunger without closing the gap between men and women in agriculture. With equal access to productiv...
Aysha Akhtar, author of the book, Animals and Public Health, demonstrates the mutual benefit to both humans and...
Aysha Akhtar, author of the book, Animals and Public Health, demonstrates the mutual benefit to both humans and animals when animals are protected. Aysha Akh...
Is it true that 97% of climate scientists agree that climate change is real? Where does the 97% figure come from?...
Is it true that 97% of climate scientists agree that climate change is real? Where does the 97% figure come from? And if it is true, do they agree on both th...