Tom Brokaw: The Global Consequences of Greek Debt
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Complete video at http://fora.tv/2011/11/21/Tom_Brokaw_in_Silicon_Valley Veteran journalist and special correspondent for NBC News Tom Brokaw believes that Greek debt might impact the U.S. economy. With fears that another global recession may be around the corner, Brokaw chides Washington for it's lack of urgency. ---- With all of the curren... Read more
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- -: Tom Brokaw: The Global Consequences of Greek Debt
March 10, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2011/11/21/Tom_Brokaw_in_Silicon_Valley Veteran journalist and special correspondent for NBC News Tom Brokaw believes that Greek debt might impact the U.S. economy. With fears that another global recession may be around the corner, Brokaw chides Washington for it...
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- -: Jonathan Axelrad: What's the Real Cost of Oil?
February 24, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/12/Jewish_Response_to_the_Energy_Challenge Jonathan Axelrad, VP and Energy Security Task Force Co-Chair of AJC, Northern California, discusses the myriad problems created by our reliance on fossil fuels. Oil is harmful to the environment, but Axelrad show...
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- -: Richard Wolff: 'Capitalism Is Not Working'
February 25, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/14/Monthly_Update_with_Richard_D_Wolff_February_2012 Economics professor Richard Wolff attributes the global economic crisis to the failure of the capitalist system. He argues that the root cause of the problem is over-borrowing, and that capitalism runs ...
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- -: Socken mit Sandalen? KEEN Shows You How
March 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/01/25/KEEN_Incs_Christa_DePoe Global Head of KEEN Online Christa Depoe shows that global branding is more than simply complying with laws and regulations. For shoppers in Germany, KEEN designed a 'see with socks' option, a fashion faux pas in America but a s...
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- -: Richard Wolff on Greek Crisis: Harbinger of US Future?
March 3, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at http://fora.tv/2012/02/14/Monthly_Update_with_Richard_D_Wolff_February_2012 Economics professor Richard Wolff breaks down Greece's latest round of European Union bailout loans. He deems the Greek crisis to be a "flash point" for global economics, and warns that the United State...
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- -: Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object
February 20, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history t...
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- -: BoomTown Goes to a Picnic, Part Two
October 1, 2008 (over 15 years ago)BoomTown returns to the PICNIC Conference to interview Michael Fries, President and CEO of Liberty Global, the second largest cable TV operator in the world and the largest outside the U.S.
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- -: Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons
February 7, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging quest...
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- -: Erica Frenkel: The universal anesthesia machine
February 2, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What if you're in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen -- and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one solution: the universal anesthesia machine. ...
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- -: Peter van Uhm: Why I chose a gun
January 30, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Peter van Uhm is the Netherlands' chief of defense, but that does not mean he is pro-war. At TEDxAmsterdam he explains how his career is one shaped by a love of peace, not a desire for bloodshed -- and why we need armies if we want peace. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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