Country Boys

One could call this a 'slife-of-life' story. A story of young men, growing up in rather tough circumstances. Chris Johnson, 16...[more]

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A Conversations with Amartya Sen

Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen - one of the most famous scholars of our time - speaks about the interplay of economic theory and political philo...[more]

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Biomimetism or Nature's MBA

The speaker Gunter Pauli is the stereotype of a smug self-righteous entrepreneur. But despite his self-righteousness he really has something...[more]

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Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now

This is a great lecture of Bill Gates. In this speech he tackles two topics. One is the malaria-plaque and the problem of solving it. ...[more]

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"Why is Globalisation good?"

"Globalization is Good" is a docu by Swedish writer Johan Norberg. His stunning thesis is that: The anti-globalization movement is...[more]

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Finding the way home

By now, the initial images are familiar: rows of city blocks flooded past the horizon, crowds outside the Superdome begging for help, hundre...[more]

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