- -: With No Debt Growth, Is a Double-Dip Recession Looming?
October 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 James Bianco, president of Bianco Research, examines slowing U.S. debt growth to argue that a double-dip recession may be on the horizon. "What has been the big driver of economic growth over the last 25 years? It's been de...
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- -: John Hodgman on Your Chances of Surviving the Apocalypse
October 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/09/17/John_Hodgman_Are_Magic_Tricks_Really_Magic John Hodgman, comedian and author of That Is All, discusses the imminent end of the world and the likelihood you'll live through it. ----- JOHN HODGMAN shall present information on THE SECRETS OF FAMOUS MAG...
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- -: Stephen Fry and Christopher Hitchens on the Catholic Church - A Reminder
October 24, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Watch LIVE on November 9, 2011: http://hitchfry.fora.tv Due to incredible popular demand, Intelligence² is proud to announce it will be live-streaming its highly anticipated conversation between Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry live on the web thanks to FORA.tv. Sign up to watch this sold-o...
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- -: Ambassador Oren: Gilad Shalit Affair "Strengthened, Reaffirms" Israeli Social Contract
October 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor that the prisoner swap for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was "redemption" for the state of Israel, affirming the Israeli soc...
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- -: Israeli Ambassador Oren: UN Move May "Set Back" Palestinians "For Generations to Come"
October 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Michael Oren outlined for reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor his view on the political trajectory of the Palestinian move for statehood at the UN, arguing it would lock the Palestinian state into a bad ne...
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- -: Oren: Arab Spring Presents Opportunity for Israel as Regional Perils Persist
October 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Regarding the Arab Spring, Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren said Israel, long proud of its democratic tradition, will be "prouder still" to be counted among a number of Middle Eastern democracies - and that democracies across th...
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- -: Gavin Newsom: Don't Overlook Arts Education
October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/partner/California_STEM_Learning_Network California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom emphasizes the importance of including arts and creativity in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics educational foundation. Urging educators not to let lack of money be an...
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- -: Why Our Chimp-Like Brains Lose Money on the Stock Market
October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 Barry Ritholtz, author of Bailout Nation, describes one human tendency that can hinder successful stock trading: our preference for stories over data. When an analyst or CEO tells a convincing anecdote, he explains, stockho...
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- -: Whack-a-Dollar: The Global Currency Game
October 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/big_picture_conference_2011 Paul Brodsky, CEO of QB Asset Management, argues that no major currency offers a safe harbor and that our debt-based monetary system is no longer working. "Today's competitive currency devaluations are tantamount to a highb...
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- -: War Journalism: Meeting a Warlord on the Pakistani Border
October 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dexter Filkins recalls his meeting with a tribal warlord on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. ----- The New Yorker Festival presents: Reporting from the Edge: Covering Conflict. This program ...
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