Cambridge Forum Lectures

Cambridge, MA

Wealth Inequality: The Gilded Road to Ruin?
Wealth Inequality: The Gilded Road to Ruin?
Linda McQuaig
April 25, 2012
01:20:53
Chuck Collins, director of the Institute for Policy Studies Program on Inequality and the Common Good, and journalist Linda McQuaig explore the impact of the growing wealth gap, and suggest ways to reverse the increase in economic inequality.
Creativity and Stress
Creativity and Stress
Debra Wise
April 22, 2012
01:20:30
In Terezin, the concentration camp in which Jewish artists, writers, and musicians were imprisoned, the opportunity to practice art—to draw, to write, to perform—provided a kind of spiritual or emotional sustenance for the prisoners.
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
Dani Rodrik
April 16, 2012
01:14:45
Harvard economist Dani Rodrik argues that we cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national self-determination, and economic globalization. While the world economy is becoming an international system, the political systems of the world remain based in the construct of the nation-state.
Globalization of Markets: Do Corporations Need American Consumers?
Globalization of Markets: Do Corporations Need American Consumers?
Harold Meyerson
April 16, 2012
00:52:08
Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large of The American Prospect, explores the impact of "Globalization of Markets" on the American economy.
Globalization of Capital: The Rise of the Multinationals
Robert Scott
April 16, 2012
00:50:31
Economist Robert Scott of the Economic Policy Institute discusses the challenges that globalized trade poses for the economic well-being of the United States.
Globalization of Labor: Is a Race to the Bottom Inevitable?
Globalization of Labor: Is a Race to the Bottom Inevitable?
Robert Pollin
April 16, 2012
00:54:01
Out-sourcing. Off-shoring. Even before the Great Recession of 2008 pushed unemployment rates into double digits, Americans worried that traditional jobs were disappearing. Economist Robert Pollin addresses questions for American workers raised by the globalization of labor.
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
Dani Rodrik: The Globalization Paradox
Dani Rodrik
April 16, 2012
01:14:45
Harvard economist Dani Rodrik argues that we cannot simultaneously pursue democracy, national self-determination, and economic globalization. While the world economy is becoming an international system, the political systems of the world remain based in the construct of the nation-state.
Creativity and Stress
Creativity and Stress
Debra Wise
April 22, 2012
01:20:30
In Terezin, the concentration camp in which Jewish artists, writers, and musicians were imprisoned, the opportunity to practice art—to draw, to write, to perform—provided a kind of spiritual or emotional sustenance for the prisoners.
Wealth Inequality: The Gilded Road to Ruin?
Wealth Inequality: The Gilded Road to Ruin?
Linda McQuaig
April 25, 2012
01:20:53
Chuck Collins, director of the Institute for Policy Studies Program on Inequality and the Common Good, and journalist Linda McQuaig explore the impact of the growing wealth gap, and suggest ways to reverse the increase in economic inequality.
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Ezra Vogel
March 21, 2012
01:06:36
China expert, Ezra Vogel of Harvard University, spent twelve years researching and writing his biography of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and his era, Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China. This masterful and comprehensive study chronicles Deng’s rich and intricate career from his b
Creativity and Mood
Creativity and Mood
Paul Muldoon
October 21, 2009
01:28:52
Poet and songwriter Paul Muldoon joins poet/playright Elizabeth Swados to explore the relationship between creativity and mood.
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon: Cultural Humanist
Joss Whedon
April 10, 2009
01:30:48
Television writer and director Joss Whedon receives the third annual 2009 Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism.

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