Are you rational?
One thing I as an economics student get asked most is: why do economists think people are rational? Surely people don’t do calculations or complicated logical…
Read articleRebecca Gu – Conservation Challenges in Development.
Name: Rebecca Gu Talk Title: “Conservation Challenges in Development.” Notes: Sauder School of Business; Topic: Environmentalism was a movement that was largely born out of the…
Read articleA Vehicle for Change: Thato Makgolane
Name: Thato Makgolane Talk Title: “A Vehicle for Change” Notes: Faculty of Commerce (Sauder School); B.Comm; Accounting; Year!4 Topic:The Arc Initiative is a business and leadership…
Read articlePhilip K. Howard: Four ways to fix a broken legal system (TED2010 talk)
This was one of my favourite talks at TED2010. Worth a viewing – Mr. Howard makes a lot of good sense.
Read articleWell this is a little sad. Americans waste approximately 40% of the food they produce.
Courtesy of this paper at the Public Library of Science. This is pretty bad. Basically, the authors attempt to quantify food waste by calculating global food…
Read articleAccess to medicines: and for credit too!
Sonja says: “No doubt many of you have seen Mike Gretes’ fantastic talk at TEDxTerry Talks 08. If you haven’t yet, there’s a treat in store…
Read articleMaking money, and being a do-gooder. Sounds interesting?
Dionne says: – – – On Saturday November 21st, A brand new (really exciting) one-day conference is making its debut. The Social Entrepreneurship Experience (SEE) is…
Read articleA kind of medical Apartheid (or How much money are we spending on this swine flu thing?)
First, take a quick peek at this Gapminder.org video for a general sense of the problem:
Read articleFAQ – GLOBAL ISSUES FOR BREAKFAST: THE BANANA INDUSTRY AND ITS PROBLEMS (COHEN MIX)
Bananas are just a fruit, how are they considered a global issue? Although bananas may only look like a fruit, they represent a wide variety of…
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Obama and the Bottomless Bailout…
By Geoff Costeloe,
If ‘bailout’ was the word of 2008 then word of 2009 is shaping up to be ‘mistake’. Or perhaps ‘regret’ depending on your political affiliation. As…
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