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APR 22, 2009 Podcast

Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System

This Workshop for Ethics in Business panel analyzes the growing lack of trust in the financial system and how it threatens to keep the global ...

APR 17, 2009 Podcast

God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World

John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge argues that God is back as part of politics. On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is ...

APR 17, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: International Aid: Does Help Hurt?

According to Dambisa Moyo, large foreign aid flows to Africa disenfranchise Africans and prop up corrupt African leaders. If we follow Moyo's advice and cut ...

The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing

APR 16, 2009 Podcast

The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing

A fat tail is an event that seems unlikely to occur, but when it does, it causes havoc--like the global financial crisis.  What will the ...

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APR 15, 2009 Podcast

Winston Churchill's Evolving Views of Russia, 1917-1953, Reconsidered

John Lukacs argues that despite the different attitudes Winston Churchill took towards Russia over a 40-year period, there is an amazing consistency to his view ...

APR 15, 2009 Podcast

From Tolerance to Integration: The Dutch Experience

Dutch Minister for European Affairs Frans Timmermans argues that tolerance and the attitude of "live and let live" is no longer enough. He notes that ...

APR 10, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Competition, Culture, and Cheating

Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced with a ...

APR 9, 2009 Podcast

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

In the past 50 years, Africa has received more than $1 trillion in development-related aid. Has it improved Africans' lives? No, says Dambisa Moyo. In fact, aid ...

APR 7, 2009 Podcast

Barbara Crossette Interviews Nandan Nilekani

Journalist Barbara Crossette talks to Indian software entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani about his book, "Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation." Their topics include politics, ...

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APR 7, 2009 Podcast

Evan O'Neil Interviews Michael Rea and Scott Kaufman of Carbon Trust

Evan O'Neil talks with the COO and the U.S. Project Manager of Carbon Trust, an independent company set up by the U.K. government ...