Managing Risk and Behaviour in Financial Markets
The consequences of banks’ risk taking behavior will be felt by the public finances of many countries for at least another generation. Risk taking behavior is the lifeblood of financial markets. How...
View ArticleHow Life in the Internet Changes the Practice of Macroeconomics
A surprising feature of economic analysis of the current crisis has been the pivotal role played by a small number of bloggers, often positioned far from the academic mainstream. This event will...
View ArticleInequality In Income and Wealth Throughout History
Inequality is a surprisingly slippery issue, involving not just straightforward comparisons of individuals, but also comparisons of price and consumption differences around the world — and over time....
View ArticleOut of Europe? The United States in an Asian age
Niall Ferguson argues that the world is now being shaped more by the emerging economies of the East than by the once dominant West. But within the West another kind of power shift is taking place, one...
View ArticleT. Boone Pickens on Solutions to America’s Energy Crisis
Texas oilman-turned-environmentalist, T. Boone Pickens, discussed solutions to America’s energy crisis at Yale University. CNBC has called Pickens the “the Oracle of Oil” for his accurate predictions...
View ArticleThe Financial Future of the United States
The U.S. Economy suffered greatly with the recently financial crisis, but is it over and where do we go from here? This video from Dartmouth University gathers a panel of experts to discuss the...
View ArticleProblem Solving: How Markets Succeed By Failing
As our civilizations become more complex, so do our problems. During times of hunter-gather societies, the number of products was typically around 300. Knife, bowl, etc. But nowadays, it is estimated...
View ArticleHow to Prevent Financial Meltdowns
The financial crisis is an experience no one wants to relive. What can we learn from the recent financial meltdown that will help us prevent them in the future? Tim Harford is a well-known economist...
View ArticleThe State of the World Economy in 2012
In a talk chaired by Professor David Held, economists Jean-Mechel Severino and Martin Wolf discussed the state of the world economy and how power imbalances will come into play over the next several...
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What Are Economic Bubbles? – The dot.com Bubble
There have always been bubbles and there will always be bubbles. Bubbles are when a products value continues to rise considerably beyond its true, intrinsic value. People buy simply because they...
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