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Lecture videos from Gilbert Strang's course on Linear Algebra at MIT.
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- AMA1120 Basic Mathematics II - Calculus and Linear Algebra
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- Mathematics and Statistics
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- Algebras Linear
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Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
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- Economics
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- Online social networks Information technology -- Economic aspects Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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What lessons can economics learn from art? Megan Wilkens examines how, historically, trends in the art world have offered a prescient window into wide-ranging socio-economic shifts in society. If economists look closely at art, they might be privy to unexpected changes in cultural behavior.
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- Society and Culture
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- Art -- Economic aspects Art society
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In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends — three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion). This money, known as remittances, makes a significant difference in the lives of those receiving it and plays a major role in the economies of many countries. Economist Dilip Ratha describes the promise of these “dollars wrapped with love” and analyzes how they are stifled by practical and regulatory obstacles.
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- Economics
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- Emigrant remittances
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Loretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades -- an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act.
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- Criminology and Economics
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- Money laundering Terrorism -- Economic aspects
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What if we incentivized doctors to keep us healthy instead of paying them only when we're already sick? Matthias Müllenbeck explains how this radical shift from a sick care system to a true health care system could save us from unnecessary costs and risky procedures -- and keep us healthier for longer.
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- Management of Health Care Services and Public Health
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- Medical care Medical economics Medical care Cost of
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What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? "Like a doughnut," says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In a stellar, eye-opening talk, she explains how we can move countries out of the hole -- where people are falling short on life's essentials -- and create regenerative, distributive economies that work within the planet's ecological limits.
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- Economics
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- Economic development Sustainable development
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How can Africa, a continent that has 54% of the world's communicable diseases but only 2% of the world's doctors, develop a healthcare system that is both efficient and effective? Healthcare consultant Mathieu Lamiuex believes emerging economies could outperform developed nations' healthcare systems by "leapfrogging" over their inefficiencies and deeply embedded mistakes. By creating an innovative and adaptive system based on modern innovations, Lamiuex believes we could do much more with much less.
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- Public Health and Management of Health Care Services
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- Medical care -- Africa
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In 2011, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous developed a smartphone app that brings quality eye care to remote communities, helping people avoid losing their sight to curable or preventable conditions. Along the way, he noticed a problem: strict funding regulations meant that he could only operate on people with specific diseases, leaving many others without resources for treatment. In this passionate talk, Bastawrous calls for a new health care funding model that's flexible and ambitious -- to deliver better health to everyone, whatever their needs are.
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- Management of Health Care Services
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- Health services administration Poor -- Medical care -- Finance
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In the US, the very same blood test can cost $19 at one clinic and $522 at another clinic just blocks away -- and nobody knows the difference until they get a bill weeks later. Journalist Jeanne Pinder says it doesn't have to be this way. She's built a platform that crowdsources the true costs of medical procedures and makes the data public, revealing the secrets of health care pricing. Learn how knowing what stuff costs in advance could make us healthier, save us money -- and help fix a broken system.
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- Management of Health Care Services and Health Sciences
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- Medical care -- Cost control Medical care Cost of
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Often people make decisions that are not "rational" from a purely economical point of view — meaning that they don't necessarily lead to the best result. Why is that? Are we just bad at dealing with numbers and odds? Or is there a psychological mechanism behind it? Sara Garofalo explains heuristics, problem-solving approaches based on previous experience and intuition rather than analysis.
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- Psychology
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- Decision making
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In this learning activity you'll plot GDP data on a graph and determine a phase of the business cycle.
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- Economics
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- Gross domestic product Business cycles
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- Others
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What does the future of business look like? In an informative talk, Philip Evans gives a quick primer on two long-standing theories in strategy -- and explains why he thinks they are essentially invalid.
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- Business Information Technology
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- Business enterprises -- Technological innovations Business -- Data processing
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It seems as though Uber upended the taxi industry in less time than it takes to drive across Manhattan at rush hour. How did they do it, and what can legacy companies learn from their example? Business transformation expert Stefan Gross-Selbeck distills the unique qualities of today's most successful start-ups and shares strategies for replicating this spirit of hyper-innovation and disruption in any business.
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- Management
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- Business enterprises -- Technological innovations New business enterprises
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What do Wal-Mart, Mars and Newscorp have in common? They're family businesses. Vikram Bhalla analyzes the unique strengths and weaknesses of family businesses today, contrasting them with the humble mom-and-pop store the term usually brings to mind. Vikram's research reveals that family businesses in emerging economies are the fastest-growing and most ambitious breed of companies in the world. He maps out some valuable lessons that these successful ventures can share for both family and traditional companies.
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- Management
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- Family-owned business enterprises
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What is the blockchain? If you don't know, you should; if you do, chances are you still need some clarification on how it actually works. Don Tapscott is here to help, demystifying this world-changing, trust-building technology which, he says, represents nothing less than the second generation of the internet and holds the potential to transform money, business, government and society.
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- Finance and Economics
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- Banks banking -- Technological innovations Blockchains (Databases)
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Each year, one in seven large corporations commits fraud. Why? To find out, Alexander Wagner takes us inside the economics, ethics and psychology of doing the right thing. Join him for an introspective journey down the slippery slopes of deception as he helps us understand why people behave the way they do.
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- Business Ethics
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- Business ethics Fraud
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Companies worldwide are pledging to play a more meaningful role in the well-being of their employees, customers and the environment. How can they turn their promises into action? From creating a representative boardroom to committing to measurable sustainability goals, business leader Dame Vivian Hunt discusses the necessary changes companies can make to embrace stakeholder capitalism -- and shares how it could change business for good.
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- Management
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- Social change Industries -- Social aspects Industrial management
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When you think "global company," what do you imagine? A massive conglomerate? A far-reaching tech corporation? Scott Szwast reveals that our image of the global business is wrong – 98% of US exporters are in fact companies with less than fifty employees. And yet, this only includes 1% of all US businesses. He explains why so many companies hesitate to leap across the border - and why they need to make the jump.
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- Management
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- International business enterprises Industrial management
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"The only way we're going to make substantial progress on the challenging problems of our time is for business to drive the solutions," says social impact strategist Wendy Woods. In a data-packed talk, Woods shares a fresh way to assess the impact all parts of business can have on all parts of society, and then adjust them to not only do less harm but actually improve things. Learn more about how executives can move beyond corporate social responsibility to "total societal impact" -- for the benefit of both a company's bottom line and society at large.
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- Corporate Social Responsibility
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- Industries -- Social aspects Social responsibility of business
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Many African countries are poor for a simple reason, says entrepreneur Magatte Wade: governments have created far too many obstacles to starting and running a business. In this passionate talk, Wade breaks down the challenges of doing business on the continent and offers some solutions of her own -- while calling on leaders to do their part, too.
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- Management
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- Africa Entrepreneurship Industrial management
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- Video
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In this journal platform, you can find the articles which published under the open license. The journal including the disciplines:
Biomedical & Life Science
Business & Economics
Chemistry & Materials Science
Computer Science & Communication
Earth & Environmental Science
Engineering
Medicine & Healthcare
Physics & Mathematics
Social Science & Humanities
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- Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Economics, Chemistry, Computing, Mathematics and Statistics, and Biology
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- Science Periodicals Industrial management Computer science Physics Mathematics Life sciences Economics Technology Chemistry Social sciences Environmental sciences Engineering Materials science Medicine
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- e-journal
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In 35 episodes, Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you economics! This course is based on introductory college level curriculum and the 2015 AP Economics guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to: *Identify fundamental economic concepts, principles, or models and describe their similarities, differences, and limitations *Apply economic analyses to everyday life and see economics in real world situations *Discuss economic differences and similarities internationally and the roles played by various governments *Determine the outcome of an economic situation using economic concepts, principles, or models and possible effects changes have on other economic markets
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Why two not-so-loyal criminals would want to snitch each other out
- Course related:
- AMA1D04 Understanding Social Conflicts by Game Theory
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- Economics
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- Game theory Equilibrium (Economics)
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This lecture gives an intuitive explanation of economics concept known as "Nash equilibrium" using traffic signals as an example.
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- AMA1D04 Understanding Social Conflicts by Game Theory
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- Economics and Transportation
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- Game theory Traffic signs signals Traffic engineering Equilibrium (Economics)
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- Video
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Resources for those looking to understand economics. Essays, e-books, blog posts and latest developments on the UK and global economy.
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- HTM3208 Tourism Economics
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- Economics
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- Economics
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Dr Keyu Jin will discuss the impact of China’s financial reforms. Keyu Jin (@KeyuJin) is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics and a member of the Centre for Macroeconomics and Centre for Economic Performance. The Department of Economics at LSE (@LSEEcon) is one of the largest economics departments in the world. Its size ensures that all areas of economics are strongly represented in both research and teaching. The Centre For Macroeconomics (@CFMUK) brings together world-class experts to carry out pioneering research on the global economic crisis and to help design policies that alleviate it.
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- Chinese Studies
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- Economic history China
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In this slide, it explains 3 questions: (1) How do I gather the forecast of key economic indicators in Hong Kong, (2) How can I find the market data and analytics for mobile phones in China, and (3) How can I create a customized table to compare P/F ratios of all constituent stocks in Hang Seng Index.
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- China -- Hong Kong Economic conditions -- Statistics Business -- Databases
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- Others