How Globalization works and will work by Thomas L. Friedman (The World is Flat)

I came across an incredibly good video about globalization.
It’s a presentation by Thomas L. Friedman where he explains his book The World is Flat.

I found it very interesting, I was explained ways of business and views on globalization that were really new to me.

The video is licensed to MIT so the video is not embedded but linked to their website:

The World is Flat | MIT World
(Running time: around 45 minutes.

Filed under: Economics, Internet, business, globalization, mit, thomas friedman, world is flat

Social Media explained

Nowadays if you want to do anything on the web, it has to be social media.
This video explains just what social media is, how it works and why it works. All in plain English, and explained by Ice-Cream!
Enjoy this 3:50 minute presentation.

Filed under: Economics, Internet, business, Economics, explained, Internet, media, social

How the Credit Crisis works

The credit crisis, visually explained:
(Duration: 7:32)

Part 2 (Duration: 3:44):

Filed under: Economics

Frontiers of Happiness by Dan Gilbert

Dan Gilbert explains how sometimes we underestimate values of things by placing them in a wrong context.
The talk tends to change your view on how you spend your money.

Duration: 25 minutes talk, after that some questions.

Video: Dan Gilbert: Frontiers of Happiness(at www.ted.com, video could not be embedded)

Filed under: Economics, Self-Improvement, Dan, Gilbert, Happiness, TED, value