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Benjamin Polak: Auctions and the Winner’s Curse

Michael — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:40:57 +0000

This is the last lecture of the game theory lecture series by Benjamin Polak at Yale. The topic for this lecture is auctions.

(Even though it is the last one, you can easily understand it without watching the entire series.)

Watch it on Academic Earth

Benjamin Polak: Introduction to Game Theory

Michael — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:35:34 +0000

This Yale lecture by Benjamin Polak gives you a basic idea in Plain English about Game Theory.

You can find the rest of the lecture series at Academic Earth.

Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate

Michael — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:17:36 +0000

This year, Michael Sandel brought the debate to TED.

Eric von Hippel: Democratizing innovation

Michael — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:25:45 +0000

Eric von Hippel, Professor of Technological Innovation, Sloan School of Management, MIT, talks about democratizing innovation and norms-based Intellectual Property Rights at Duke Law University.

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

Michael — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:50:33 +0000

Johanna Blakley tells at TEDxUSC 2010, how the lack of copyright protection helps the fashion industry and how it might help other creative industries.

Carl Sagan: The Dutch on Justice, Avarice and Envy

Michael — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:48:42 +0000

Carl Sagan on avarice and envy.

Lawrence Lessig: Openness

Michael — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:59:57 +0000

Lawrence Lessig pleads for openness in copyright laws by adopting conservative values.

Jim Gray: The Six Groups Who Benefit From Drug Prohibition

Michael — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:56 +0000

Conservative judge Jim Gray says that we have to rethink our drug laws and that legalizing Cannabis would result in great benefits.

Philip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system

Michael — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:34 +0000

Philip K. Howard gave an interesting talk at TED2010 about the legal minefield the US legal system has become and how to fix it.

Michael Sandel: What’s the right thing to do?

Michael — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:20:04 +0000

TED recently started a “Best of the web” series. One of the great talks is a lecture given by Michael Sandel, professor at Harvard for political philosophy, about philosophical dilemmas.