Economics | Spoken Gems: Speeches, Lectures, Monologues

Laura Santos:
A monkey economy as irrational as ours

Aug 92010Category: Business,Science & Technology
Speech Tags: Economics, Laurie Santos, Neurobiology, psychology, Science

Laurie Santos explains how other monkeys show the same irrationality as humans when it comes to financial decisions (filmed at TED2010)

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Michael E. Porter:
Competitiveness

Jun 232010Category: Business
Speech Tags: Business, Economics, Michael E. Porter

Michael E. Porter, Harvard Business Professor, talks about competitiveness and what contributes to the economy of a region.

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Daniel Pink:
Drive

Jun 12010Category: Business,Science & Technology
Speech Tags: Business, Daniel Pink, Economics, psychology, Science

A part of this talk including a great visualization got some attention in the last days. This is the full talk by Daniel Pink at RSA about motivation and reward.

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Jeremy Rifkin:
The Empathy Civilization

May 252010Category: Business,Politics,Science & Technology
Speech Tags: Economics, Jeremy Rifkin, Politics, Science, Technology

Jeremy Rifkin came to Google to talk about his book “The Empathic Civilization” and share some really interesting ideas about technological revolutions.