- -: TEDxMonterey - F. Noel Perry - Balancing the Budget with Our Values
June 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Noel Perry is a venture capitalist, social entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the founder of Next 10, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that educates, engages and empowers Californians to improve the state's future. Next 10 is focused on innovation and the intersection between the economy and ...
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- -: TEDxEroilor - Dragos Bucurenci - Alegerile care conteaza
June 19, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dragoș Bucurenci is a Romanian environmentalist. He is the president of the „MaiMultVerde" Association, an NGO build to create a new culture of volunteering for the environment. Dragoș also works as a freelance journalist. He writes a monthly column for "The One" magazine and has previously writt...
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- -: Sasa Vucinic: Why a free press is the best investment
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com A free press -- papers, magazines, radio, TV, blogs -- is the backbone of any true democracy (and a vital watchdog on business). Sasa Vucinic, a journalist from Belgrade, talks about his new fund, which supports media by selling "free press bonds." TEDTalks is a daily video po...
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- -: Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power
December 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to share its culture with the world through food, music, technology, Bollywood. He argues that in the long run it's not the size of the army t...
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- -: Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate
June 8, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Democracy thrives on civil debate, Michael Sandel says -- but we're shamefully out of practice. He leads a fun refresher, with TEDsters sparring over a recent Supreme Court case (PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin) whose outcome reveals the critical ingredient in justice. TEDTalks is a...
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- -: Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China
January 24, 2011 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Speaking at a TED Salon in London, economist Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of "When China Rules the World," he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers thre...
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- -: Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"
May 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli P...
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- -: Paul Romer: The world's first charter city?
June 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Back in 2009, Paul Romer unveiled the idea for a "charter city" -- a new kind of city with rules that favor democracy and trade. This year, at TED2011, he tells the story of how such a city might just happen in Honduras ... with a little help from his TEDTalk. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Maajid Nawaz: A global culture to fight extremism
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia. A...
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- -: Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?
September 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China's authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth -- leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang's answer may surprise you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of...
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