Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for... continue reading

posted by yoghurt 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 8,121 views

Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 5 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 9,976 views • 34:10

Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as... continue reading

posted by cybrbeast 1 decade 4 years 7 months ago • 2,361 views

Debt Peonage, Neo Feudalism and all that good stuff in this episode of The Renegade Economist . . .

posted by SpeveO 1 decade 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 3,908 views

The Democrat's new Mike Tyson, Rep. Grayson, turns the screws on Bernanke for lending foreign countries $500,000,000,000.

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 4,463 views

And amazingly thorough explanation of the events leading to the Great Depression.

posted by blankfist 1 decade 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 2,463 views

McCain Looks like a deer caught in headlights when Obama explains his small business plan for health care.

posted by Crosswords 1 decade 5 years 7 months ago • 3,413 views

Phil Donahue poses the question to Milton Friedman, does he have doubts about capitalism and greed.

posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 2,144 views

Plotting a large collection of stock prices on the same timeline (the last two quarters of 2008) reveals the sudden shift in behavior of the market. Before October 2008 there prices were not very correlated.... continue reading

The One Percent is a 2006 documentary about the growing wealth gap between America's wealthy elite and the citizenry on the whole. It was created by Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune.... continue reading

posted by SpeveO 1 decade 5 years 3 weeks ago • 12,301 views • 1:16:33

Banks and their @#%!ing fees.

posted by SpeveO 1 decade 5 years 3 weeks ago • 8,261 views

Joseph Stiglitz gives a great analysis of the cause of the global meltdown.

posted by geo321 1 decade 5 years 3 weeks ago • 1,098 views • 6:48

Al Jazeera reports April 9, 2009

posted by marinara 1 decade 5 years 1 month ago • 865 views

leelefever explains the risks and benefits of borrowing money.

posted by dotdude 1 decade 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,158 views

"For anyone who would care enough to know (and be completely disgusted with) just how big of a mess we're actually in, go read Matt Taibbi's latest article for Rolling Stone: "The Big Takeover: The global... continue reading

posted by volumptuous 1 decade 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,919 views

The first time he's ever done an interview.

posted by burdturgler 1 decade 5 years 2 months ago • 1,319 views

The title says it all

posted by Gratefulmom 1 decade 5 years 2 months ago • 2,130 views

YT: CNN's Anderson Cooper interviews a super creepy former Federal Inmate who "consults" to Wall Street on doing time in Prison. Cooper asks him about how Bernie Madoff will do in Prison. Me: Super... continue reading

posted by Duckman33 1 decade 5 years 2 months ago • 1,015 views