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A Discussion On Economic Power With Joseph Stiglitz, Hernando De Soto and Naomi Klein

What is America's role in the global economy? How are financial markets best defended from economic shock? Do free markets lead to peace? Journalist Naomi Klein speaks with economists Joseph Stiglitz and Hernando de Soto on these and other topics.

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  • Watch FORA.tv Economy Season 1

    • Episode 30

      Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow

      aired: Tue, Jan 10, 2012

      New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks joins Daniel Kahneman, noted psychologist and Nobel Laureate in economics, to discuss the latter's storied career and latest book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.

    • Episode 29

      Growth Has an Expiration Date

      aired: Thu, Jan 5, 2012

      Are there limits to perpetual growth? Physics professor Tom Murphy takes a look at American energy consumption data to revisit what the notion of "sustainability" really means.

    • Episode 28

      Why Cities Keep Growing, Corporations Always Die, and Life Gets Faster

      aired: Fri, Sep 23, 2011

      As cities grow, they increase in efficiency, adaptability, and lifespan. How does this happen, and why? Physicist Geoffrey West pores over vast amounts of data to provide new and unique insights on the behavior of cities, organisms, and corporations.

    • Episode 27

      Market Forces: Can Technology Bring Free Enterprise to Everyone?

      aired: Tue, Aug 16, 2011

      What is the relationship between technology and the spread of free enterprise? Shelley Leibowitz, CIO of the World Bank, and Steve Rubinow, VP of NYSE Euronext, explain how their organizations view technology's impact on emerging global markets.

    • Episode 26

      Planet Money's Adam Davidson: Smart Jobs and the Future of Work

      aired: Fri, Jul 22, 2011

      Adam Davidson, a host of NPR's Planet Money radio show and podcast, takes an engaging look at how technology is rapidly changing even the most traditional of American industries.

    • Episode 24

      Inside Job: A Conversation with Director Charles Ferguson

      aired: Wed, Jun 15, 2011

      Could the global economic meltdown of the last few years have been prevented? Charles Ferguson's "Inside Job," the 2010 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, makes the powerful case that that the crisis was no accident.

    • Episode 18

      The Thank You Economy: How Business Must Adapt to Social Media

      aired: Sat, Nov 27, 2010

      Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk gives his no-holds-barred take on how modern businesses must adapt to thrive in a social media-driven culture. Viewer advisory: This program contains explicit language.

    • Episode 17

      The State of the Economy: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

      aired: Wed, Oct 27, 2010

      In this interview the Commonwealth Club of California, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geither fields questions about the government's plans to create jobs, add stability to the nation's financial system, and encourage long-term growth for the economy.

    • Episode 11

      A Theory of History, with an Application: New Cities with New Rules

      aired: Tue, Apr 27, 2010

      Economist Paul Romer outlines his groundbreaking economic theory of history. Romer explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of living by looking primarily at just two forms of innovative ideas: technology and rules.

  • Episodes

    • Episode 9

      Happy New Year? The World Economy in 2010

      aired: Tue, Feb 9, 2010

      The year 2009 ended on a relatively positive note for global finance, with most of the world's major economies growing again. In this program, a panel of financial experts discuss what policy makers need to do in order to ensure sustainable growth.

    • Episode 8

      2010 Economic Forecast With Former US Labor Secretary Robert Reich

      aired: Mon, Feb 8, 2010

      Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich presents his 2010 economic forecast to the Commonwealth Club of California. Is the U.S. economy showing signs of recovery, as some indicators suggest, or are these assertions dangerously premature?

    • Episode

      Niall Ferguson: an Evolutionary Approach to Financial History

      aired: Mon, Jun 1, 2009

      Harvard professor Niall Ferguson applies Darwinian natural selection to the history of finance -- and examines what it can tell us about our murky economic future.

    • Episode

      A Discussion On Economic Power With Joseph Stiglitz, Hernando De Soto and Naomi Klein

      aired: Sun, Oct 19, 2008

      What is America's role in the global economy? How are financial markets best defended from economic shock? Do free markets lead to peace? Journalist Naomi Klein speaks with economists Joseph Stiglitz and Hernando de Soto on these and other topics.