- -: The Dollar vs The Euro
February 11, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/30/Annual_Bank_of_America_Economic_Forecast Tom Campbell, Dean of UC-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, discusses the weakened U.S. Dollar's relationship to the E.U.'s Euro. ----- The Annual Bank of America Walter E. Hoadley Economic Forecast with Tom...
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- -: A Moral Argument for Progressive Taxes - David Cay Johnston
May 13, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete Video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/David_Cay_Johnston_Talks_About_Free_Lunch Author David Cay Johnston discusses the history of progressive taxation, and argues that these policies are inherent to a democratic government. ----- Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigat...
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- -: David Cay Johnston - Problems with a "Fair Tax"
May 13, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete Video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/David_Cay_Johnston_Talks_About_Free_Lunch Author David Cay Johnston criticizes plans to replace income taxes with a "fair tax," otherwise known as a national retail sales tax. ----- Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigative reporti...
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- -: Steve Forbes - The Weak Dollar and the World Economy
September 9, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/07/Steve_Forbes_Elections_and_the_Credit_Crisis Forbes Magazine Editor-In-Chief and two-time Republican Presidential candidate Steve Forbes argues that a strong, stable dollar is crucial for the U.S. economy, and examines how business innovation can enco...
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- -: Steve Forbes Argues for a Flat Tax
September 10, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/07/Steve_Forbes_Elections_and_the_Credit_Crisis Forbes Magazine Editor-In-Chief and two-time Republican Presidential candidate Steve Forbes slams U.S. tax codes as inefficient and overly complicated, and argues for the implementation of a national "flat ...
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- -: Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor
January 7, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Drawing on his experiences picking up roadkill, feeding swine, and castrating a lamb with his teeth, Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs, discusses how modern American culture belittles necessary labor. EG is the celebration of the American entertainment industry. Since 1984, Richa...
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- -: Desmond Tutu Decries Culture of Competition
February 21, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/01/Desmond_Tutu_Believing_in_the_Dignity_of_All Archbishop Desmond Tutu argues that modern culture places too much of an emphasis on competitiveness and financial success. "We have seemed to ask, 'Is it profitable?" he says. "We ought to have been asking...
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- -: Will Inflation Spur the next Economic Bubble? - Robert Heller
May 7, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/29/Robert_Heller_Restoring_Confidence_In_Financial_Markets Robert Heller, former CEO of Visa, discusses the threat of inflation arising from the massive amounts of stimulus money being injected into the system by the Fed. He argues that once the stimulus...
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- -: A Five-Year-Old in Debt: Learning with Video Games
July 15, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/17/Ian_Bogost_at_X-Media_Lab_Serious_Gaming Video games as educational tools? Believe it, says game designer and researcher Ian Bogost. Bogost recalls how Nintendo's hit game Animal Crossing taught his young son a valuable lesson about debt. ----- Vide...
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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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