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Big ideas

This series explores ideas that will shape thinking in the 21st century.

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New internationalism needed for new world order [Video]

New internationalism needed for new world order [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor David Held | Global institutions such as the United Nations risk fragmenting unless they becom... Read more

1 Apr 2009

8mins

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Risk regulation has gone too far [Video]

Risk regulation has gone too far [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor Bridget Hutter | Citing the example of the health industry, which boasts a vast number of over... Read more

6 Mar 2009

7mins

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Costing the climate [Video]

Costing the climate [Video]

Contributor(s): Dr Sam Fankhauser | Economic motives rather than ethical concerns will be ultimately what prevents runaw... Read more

18 Feb 2009

5mins

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Good intentions perverse incentives [Video]

Good intentions perverse incentives [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor Luis Garicano | The current financial crisis and boring, defensively played football matches m... Read more

4 Feb 2009

5mins

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Death in the modern age [Video]

Death in the modern age [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor Emily Jackson | At a time when modern medicine can prolong life, but also the dying process, P... Read more

9 Jan 2009

8mins

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Competition and choice good for public sector [Video]

Competition and choice good for public sector [Video]

Contributor(s): Professor Julian Le Grand | Despite rocky times in the financial markets, Professor Julian Le Grand, Ric... Read more

3 Jan 2009

6mins

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