- -: The Public Option's Unfair Advantage? Gov't Bailouts - Michael Cannon
November 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/13/How_Government_Competes_in_Health_Insurance Michael Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, denounces a public option. He says a government backed health plan will gain an unfair advantage over the private market simply by bei...
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- -: Four Vulnerabilities of the 2010 Global Economy
January 12, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/05/The_World_Economy_in_2010 Philip Suttle, a macroeconomist specializing in emerging markets, speculates about probable hurdles to economic recovery in 2010. "We should all be prepared to imagine the unimaginable," he says. ----- The year 2009 -- the ...
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- -: Is the Pastrami Sandwich Killing Jewish Delis?
February 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/09/Referendum_on_the_Jewish_Deli_Menu Peter Levitt and Karen Adelman, proprietors of Saul's Deli in Berkeley, CA, discuss the economic, social, and environmental costs of the iconic pastrami sandwich. Levitt says the giant sandwiches are killing off inde...
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- -: 45% Wasted Money? An Account of Private Health Care Costs
March 10, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Sick_and_Tired_How_Americas_Health_System_Fails_Patients Helene Jorgensen, author of Sick and Tired, asks why Americans pay such high costs relative to the amount of care received. She faults unnecessary paperwork, billing practices, and pharmaceutica...
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- -: How Is Plastic Like Diamonds? Explorer David de Rothschild on Sustainability
August 31, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/29/David_de_Rothschild_The_Plastiki_Expedition British adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild compares plastic to diamonds, joking that both are commonly found, and last forever. However unlike diamonds, he says, people are taught the unsust...
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- -: What's Nature's Economic Value? - Pavan Sukhdev
September 15, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/03/Pavan_Sukhdev_What_Is_the_World_Worth Economist Pavan Sukhdev argues that in order to protect nature from damage caused by industrial growth, natural resources must be measured in terms of economic value. This viewpoint, he explains, can expose compan...
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- -: Is Astronomy 'Useless'? Why Science Research Matters
December 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/science_growth_chatham_house Jocelyn Bell Burnell, DBE, responds to several common criticisms of high-level scientific research. Regarding the argument that astronomical research is impractical, Burnell contends that fields like astronomy attr...
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- -: Will Higher Oil Prices Sink the Economy?
February 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/partner/Christian_Science_Monitor White House economist Austan D. Goolsbe says the increase in oil prices caused by unrest in the Middle East won't drive the U.S. economy off a cliff. ----- Economist Austan Goolsbee speaks with reporters at the Christi...
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- -: Energy Sec. Chu: Budget Cuts Could take US out of Alt. Energy Race
April 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast At a Monitor Breakfast on April 1, Energy Secretary Steven Chu stated that budget cuts to alternative energy research would take the United States "out of the race." Chu also discussed proposed cuts to low-income energy assistan...
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- -: Peter Thiel Rewards Students for Dropping Out of College
April 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_innovation Venture capitalist Peter Thiel discusses his controversial decision to pay promising young innovators to drop out of college and pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. ----- The Ideas Economy is an online forum that conve...
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