Lectures tagged "Industry"


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David M. Walker: Restoring Fiscal Responsibility in the US
David M. Walker
January 27, 2010
00:57:22
Financial expert David M. Walker examines the United States' national fiscal outlook and discusses his new book, Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility.
Joseph Stiglitz: America and the Sinking of the World Economy
Joseph Stiglitz: America and the Sinking of the World Economy
Joseph E. Stiglitz
January 25, 2010
00:50:03
Nobel Prize--winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new treatise, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, in conversation with writer and editor Cullen Murphy.
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel
January 11, 2010
00:55:45
Activist Raj Patel discusses his new book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, with radio's On Point producer, John Wihbey.
Frontline: Understanding the Meltdown
Frontline: Understanding the Meltdown
Michael Kirk
November 19, 2009
00:46:22
Michael Kirk, director of the Frontline documentary, Inside the Meltdown, discusses the recent financial meltdown and its impact with William Lowell, co-chair of Choate's Wealth Management Group; Roger Lowenstein, contributing writer for The New York Times; and Todd Milley
Cory Doctorow: Makers
Cory Doctorow
November 16, 2009
00:46:03
Sci-fi novelist and technology activist Cory Doctorow reads from Makers, his new novel about the near future of technological innovation.
Al Gore: A Plan to Solve the Global Climate Crisis
Al Gore
November 7, 2009
01:07:40
Former US Vice President and climate change activist Al Gore discusses his new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Global Climate Crisis.
The US and China: Economic Allies or Adversaries?
Zachary Karabell
November 3, 2009
01:00:55
Writer Zachary Karabell discusses his new book, Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends On It.
Ethics and Integrity in Good Times and in Crisis
Howard Putnam
November 3, 2009
01:22:43
Howard Putnam, the former CEO of Southwest Airlines and the man who was recruited to rescue the financially failing Braniff International, talks about the indispensable role of ethics and integrity, whether you are trying to navigate a crisis or to build a thriving business.