- -: No Such Thing as 'Too Big to Fail'? - Larry Summers
October 5, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/18/Larry_Summers_The_Future_of_Global_Finance Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, argues large firms in financial trouble should be allowed to fail in order to regulate market discipline. "Our financial system will not be fail-safe ...
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- -: Richard Dawkins - Applying Darwinian Evolution to Physics
October 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/07/Richard_Dawkins_The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins weighs the possibilities of the anthropic principle as it applies to physics. He also presents the theory that universes are bound to Darwinian selection, passing on tra...
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- -: Behavioral Targeting: Ads That Track Your Web Activity
November 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/06/The_Digital_Era_Whats_Next Investment advisor Jack Myers and Wiredset CEO Mark Ghuneim warn against behavioral targeting, the advertising practice of displaying ads based on user activity. Many terms of service agreements, they say, grant websites per...
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- -: Is Obama's Stimulus Creating a False Recovery? - James Matthews
December 3, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/09/The_Recession_Obama__the_Future_Where_to_Go_from_Here Management consultant James Matthews emphasizes what he argues are holes in Obama's economic policy. "The Obama administration's approach is essentially trying to rebuild the house of cards that's ...
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- -: The United States: A Petri Dish for Liberal Democracy? - Timothy Ferris
March 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/08/How_Science_Inspired_Democracy_in_the_Modern_World Science writer Timothy Ferris presents the United States as a science experiment in liberalism, based on the theory that "ordinary people should be maximally free." Ferris argues that while liberal de...
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- -: Did the GM Bailout Really Save American Jobs?
April 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/27/The_Future_of_Manufacturing_in_the_US_and_Europe Wilfried Porth, member of the Board of Management at Daimler AG, cautions against the assumption that the GM bailout saved American jobs. He warns legislators against subsidizing the auto industry to th...
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- -: How Big Is the Universe? Theories on the Cosmos with Martin Rees
September 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Cambridge cosmologist Martin Rees explores theories of speculative science in astronomy and physics. Rees questions the size of the universe, alternate dimensions and the number of big bangs that may have occurre...
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- -: How Populism Almost Defeated the US Constitution - Walter Dellinger
September 23, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/16/Sep_17_1787_The_Constitutional_Debate_Begins Former Solicitor General Walter Dellinger delves into why some early opponents of the U.S. Constitution took issue with ratifying the document. Dellinger describes how Constitutional supporters were nearly ...
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- -: Has the Press Release Killed the News?
October 5, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/10/John_Nichols_The_Death_and_Life_of_American_Journalism John Nichols, political blogger for The Nation, divides modern news into two categories: traditional journalism and press releases. He explains that a majority of stories now come from the latter ...
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- -: Schwarzenegger Defends California's Emissions Laws
October 26, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/27/Arnold_Schwarzenegger_Green_Light_or_Red_Light_Ahead_ California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger voice his support for the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), which is in danger of suspension this November. Gov. Schwarzenegger likens the law ...
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