Is Social Security in a Crisis? - Richard Fisher
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Richard_Fisher_The_Interaction_of_Fiscal_and_Monetary_Policy Richard Fisher, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discusses the effect of U.S. Government debt on the future of Social Security. ----- Inflation and Debt: The Interaction of Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Richard Fisher. Fisher... Read more
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- -: Is Social Security in a Crisis? - Richard Fisher
July 10, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Richard_Fisher_The_Interaction_of_Fiscal_and_Monetary_Policy Richard Fisher, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, discusses the effect of U.S. Government debt on the future of Social Security. ----- Inflation and Debt: The Interaction of Fisca...
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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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- -: Family Life Key to Academic Success? - James Heckman
July 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/29/James_Heckman_An_Economists_Perspective_on_Education Economist James Heckman argues that public schooling has very little to do with increasing or decreasing educational gaps among American students. "The major determinant of school performance ... is...
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- -: Could 'High Touch' Health Care Lower Costs? - Zeke Emanuel
August 4, 2009 (over 14 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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- -: Climate Protection May Cost Less Than You Think - Partha Dasgupta
August 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/16/Will_It_Cost_the_Earth_to_Save_the_Planet Economist Partha Dasgupta claims that predictions of the high cost of fixing the climate change problem, when put into perspective, would not result in a significant decrease in global wealth and living standa...
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- -: Should Healthcare Reform Begin at State Level? - T.R. Reid
September 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/14/TR_Reid_The_Healing_of_America Reporter and author T.R. Reid examines the success of Canada's universal health insurance system, which won over Canadians one province at a time. "I'll bet you next January, there will be bills in 25 state legislators l...
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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 Will Healthcare Reform Affect Seniors? - Conchy Bretos
July 27, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/22/Conchy_Bretos_Making_Assisted_Living_Easier Elder care expert Conchy Bretos predicts that, even though healthcare reform will drain money from Medicare, the quality of care seniors receive should improve. High quality patient care, Bretos argu...
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- -: Should Government Subsidize Viagra for Cancer Patients?
October 27, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/02/Bettina_Arndt_What_Men_Want_in_Bed Sex therapist and author Bettina Arndt argues that Australia's government should subsidize penile rehabilitation treatment after prostate cancer surgery. The Australian government is currently spending $31 million ov...
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- -: Do Uninsured Patients Make Better Medical Decisions?
March 3, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/16/Debate_Providing_Affordable_Quality_Healthcare Colorado doctor Mike Fallon argues that patients who do not pay directly for health care tend to drive up the overall costs of medicine by requesting unnecessary procedures. Conversely, patients who pay o...
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