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TED Talk from Tim Jackson

Here’s a recent TED Talk from Tim Jackson. He has a great quote while discussing the role of consumer debt in the run-up to the recession: “it’s a story about…people being persuaded to spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to create impressions that won’t last, on people we don’t care about…” [...]
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Nassim Taleb on Charlie Rose

Here’s an excerpt from a recent Charlie Rose interview with Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness. It’s a very interesting perspective on how we got into our current economic mess.
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Thoughtful analysis of the Wall Street crisis

Harvard Business School published a very thoughtful analysis of the current Wall Street crisis in their most recent Working Knowledge newsletter. I highly recommend reading it to understand the background and the events leading up to the current situation.
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