- -: Patients' Choice Health Care Act Explained - Paul Ryan
July 7, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Health_Care_Reform_The_Long-Term_Perspective Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) outlines his recent draft of The Patients' Choice Act of 2009, a Republican-sponsored health care reform bill. "Let's equalize the tax treatment, let's take this tax benefit ...
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- -: Would You Pay More for Greener Products? - Emmy Berlind
July 8, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/24/Marketing_Sustainability_and_Innovation Emmy Berlind of Green Works by Clorox explains that despite hard economic times, consumers seem willing to pay premium prices for environmentally friendly products. Allison Quaid echoes that sentiment, arguing t...
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- -: A Five-Year-Old in Debt: Learning with Video Games
July 15, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Ian_Bogost_at_X-Media_Lab_Serious_Gaming Video games as educational tools? Believe it, says game designer and researcher Ian Bogost. Bogost recalls how Nintendo's hit game Animal Crossing taught his young son a valuable lesson about debt. ----- Vide...
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- -: Ethics of Outsourcing Pregnancy to India - Michael Sandel
July 27, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/20/Michael_Sandel_on_Markets_and_Morals Political philosopher Michael Sandel analyzes the moral implications of using poor women in developing countries like India as commercial surrogate mothers. Sandel challenges the audience to debate the ethics of ou...
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- -: 'Free' YouTube a Moneymaker? - Chris Anderson
July 31, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/16/Chris_Anderson_on_FREE_The_Future_of_Radical_Price In response to Malcolm Galdwell's review of FREE in The New Yorker, WIRED editor and author Chris Anderson expands on the ways Google makes money from YouTube's free services. "Google wants you to use...
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- -: Could 'High Touch' Health Care Lower Costs? - Zeke Emanuel
August 4, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/03/The_Human_Side_of_Medicine White House health care policy advisor Ezekiel Emanuel argues that technological advancements in health care are ineffectual without "face-to-face, people-to-people, more human" interactions. He says improvement in doctor-pa...
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- -: How to Fund Health Care Reform? - Alice Rivlin
August 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Health_Care_Reform_Long-Term_Fiscal_Impact Economist Alice Rivlin explains why raising taxes is not a sufficient solution to fund health care reform. She suggests finding savings through efficiency improvements in Medicare and setting up some type of ...
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- -: Health Care and the Budget
September 4, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/23/Top_Senate_Aides_Debate_Health_Care_Reform A panel of Senate advisors and New School President Bob Kerrey debate how much the proposed health care reform bill is projected to cost American taxpayers over time. ----- New School President and former U...
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- -: Can Obama Learn From Tennessee's Health Care 'Disaster'? - Marsha Blackburn
September 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/09/Marsha_Blackburn_Future_of_Employer-Provided_Healthcare Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) claims Tennessee's government-run health insurance plan TennCare is a "disaster." She warns a federally sponsored public option would likely result in a sim...
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- -: History Comes Alive When You're a Traveler - Rick Steves
November 6, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/28/Rick_Steves_Travel_As_a_Political_Act Travel guru Rick Steves introduces one of his favorite parts of travel: incorporating history into tourist activities. Steves argues that many tourists are shielded from history by a travel industry that makes mor...
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