Why nations fail | James Robinson | TEDxAcademy

Why Nations Fail: Daron Acemoglu interview | The Economist

“Why Nations Fail. An interview with Daron Acemoglu. From mercantile Venice to contemporary America, economic success or failure is rooted in the health of political institutions says the co-author of a new book”

https://youtu.be/qNVXeJR2Z1s

Thomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century

“French economist Thomas Piketty caused a sensation in early 2014 with his book on a simple, brutal formula explaining economic inequality: r is greater than g (meaning that return on capital is generally higher than economic growth). Here, he talks through the massive data set that led him to conclude: Economic inequality is not new, but it is getting worse, with radical possible impacts.”

The Race between Education and Technology

Lawrence Katz explains what is the race between education and technology

Trends in Global Inequality

Finn Tarp, Director of UNU-WIDER, and Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, discuss the trends in global inequality. They argue difference between relative and absolute poverty should not detract attention from inequality generally.

World Inequality Report 2018

Summary of the World Inequality Report 2018 (co-edited by Alvaredo, Chancel, Piketty, Saez, Zucman).

Hans and Ola Rosling | How not to be ignorant about the world

“How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think you know. Play along with his audience quiz — then, from Hans’ son Ola, learn 4 ways to quickly get less ignorant.”

To reproduce and create new graphs such as those in the video, visit:

https://www.gapminder.org/tools/

Hans Rosling | The Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen

“With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.)”

 

Malthus, population growth and the resource base

This short video explores the ideas of Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) and his predictions for the growth of the human population. The video investigates the background of Malthus’ ideas, the mathematical basis of it and how it influenced the debate about population growth in the latter half of 20th century. The video concludes with a brief discussion if Malthus’ predictions have come true or not in the light of the high food prices in the first decade of the 21st century.

 

Absolute and relative poverty | Social Inequality | MCAT | Khan Academy

 

Aljazeera on Racism in Brazil:

“How is Brazil’s diversity represented in the media? Clue: it’s not.”