Category Archives: Video
Aljazeera focuses on Nigeria
Dr Okonjo-Iweala, the returning finance minister and new economy Czar (couldn’t resist that one) starts talking at about 4:30. She talks about agriculture, manufacturing, job creation and even Nollywood. I don’t yet have an opinion on her and her new team – it is much too early – but in a few months, one should… Read More »
Noam Chomsky explains the Cold War in 5 minutes
From a 1985 discussion. H/T brain pickings
Profiteering from the famine in Somalia? (video)
Nouriel Roubini: Karl Marx Was Right about Capitalism Self-destructing
I know it is Dr Doom, but it’s got to be newsworthy when an NYU economist tells a WSJ columnist that Marx was right about capitalism. Thanks to Ola for the link.
Alain de Botton on Pessimism
Alain de Botton – On Pessimism from The School of Life on Vimeo.
Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines: The top 1 percent in America
A pretty damning picture.
Monday Music – Asa’s Why Can’t We
H/T Scarlet Lion.
Because it is nostalgic Saturday – Video
Orlando Julius Ekemode sings Ise.
Blurring the lines between music, words and sounds (Video)
Radiolab duo, Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad team up with avant cellist Zoë Keating for this Musicians@Google event. If you don’t listen to Radiolab you are missing a lot. This is Zoë Keating’s website.