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  1. Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us — John Quiggin at the LSE

    Speaker: Professor John Quiggin

    Chair: Professor Andrea Prat

    This event was recorded on 25 November 2010 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

    The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism—the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view speculative investments as fundamentally safe. The crisis seemed to have killed off these ideas, but they still live on in the minds of many— even some of those charged with cleaning up the mess.

    John Quiggin explains how these dead ideas still walk among us—and why we must find a way to kill them once and for all if we are to avoid an even bigger financial crisis in the future. John Quiggin is professor of economics at the University of Queensland in Australia.

    From http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podcasts/publicLecturesAndEvents.htm

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  2. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism

    Speaker: Professor Ha-Joon Chang

    Chair: Professor Robert Wade

    This event was recorded on 5 October 2010 in Old Theatre, Old Building

    We may like or dislike capitalism, but surely we all know how it works. Right? Wrong. Today, most arguments about capitalism are dominated by free-market ideology and unfounded assumptions that parade as ‘facts’. This lecture in which Ha-Joon Chang will talk about his new book "23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism" tells the story of capitalism as it is and shows how capitalism as we know it can be, and should be, made better.

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  3. Drew Endy & Jim Thomas “Synthetic Biology Debate”

    Synthetic biology will be one of the driving technological forces of this century. By transforming the complexity and diversity of life into a technology malleable by man, it simultaneously offers some of science’s highest hopes and gravest threats. Like splitting the atom, synthetic biology holds a great wealth of power that must be wielded with care.

    Bioengineer Drew Endy is the leading enabler of open-source biotechnology. Technology historian Jim Thomas is the leading critic of biotech, based with ETC Group in Ottawa. Moderated by Stewart Brand, they will meet to discuss how the emerging and potentially revolutionary capabilities of synthetic biology can be utilized safely, equitably and openly.

    Synthetic biology is swarming ahead all over the world, at a self-accelerating pace far greater than Moore’s Law, with a range of impacts far greater than genetically engineered food crops. Jim Thomas raises the question: "Is Synthetic Biology reckless or wise from the perspective of ‘the long now?’. I feel the synthetic biology community is driven by immensely short term assumptions and motivations, and as a result the medium term prospect for this platform holds both predictable problems and nasty surprises."

    http://blog.longnow.org/2008/11/18/drew-endy-jim-thomas-synthetic-biology-debate/

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  4. Michael Shermer: The Mind of the Market

    April 18 2008 - Michael Shermer discusses his book "The Mind of the Market", and the new field of neuroeconomics. He explores the implications of Darwinian evolution for how people fare in market capitalism, including how we are naturally irrational when it comes to economics, due to our evolutionary heritage. He argues why market capitalism and liberal democracy are best suited to people’s needs, and discusses socialized medicine and other aspects of social welfare programs, contrasting the economy of the United States with those of northern Europe. He examines how free trade may lead to world peace.

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