TV Show Videos: Paul Collier: 4 ways to improve the lives of the "bottom bil Videos

DANE842 Says:

Jun 4, 2008 - Screw borders, national security, religion, exploitation of people and resources. Screw the concept that the earth "belongs" to us because that's what allows us to use it for our own ends. Screw the food chain, and us being at the top of it because we're smarter than everything else. Everyone has the right to defend themselves with just enough force to keep the attack from ever happening again. screw screwing each other over. Screw the program, it's screwing us.

colomboBE Says:

Jun 4, 2008 - This idiot has absolute NO CLUE what he is taking about.

MrFrankBullitt Says:

Jun 4, 2008 - We have an incentive to NOT help the bottom billion.That way, we can take their natural resources. That's how this works in the real world.

MetalHead243 Says:

Jun 4, 2008 - hey you guys downing socialism you know why it doesn't work is because of you people.if everyone would stop throwing insults and all the rest of the bad stuff,then socialism might work the problem is getting everyone to do that.

michael0845 Says:

Jun 4, 2008 - The poor level of debate by some posters proves the point that the public need educating to help the worlds poorest.

tommyaceshow Says:

Jun 6, 2008 - these are the best videos on youtube, my life has changed with these lectures, just about to watch this, but im so excited, ive learnt so much

doctorHOUSE Says:

Jun 6, 2008 - yes but what is the impact on lower socio-economic countires to practice anal ring toss?

neilzeil Says:

Jun 7, 2008 - The "real world" involves not thinking about solutions, unless one is thinking about profit.

highonhayek Says:

Jun 7, 2008 - An "enlightened" self-interest is superfluous. Why not just break down trade-barriers?

styromaster Says:

Jun 8, 2008 - Well, I would certaily want it to work. In theory it is the best of all state forms, but It sadly has never been realized in the proper way. It is hard to balance power in order to create a stable system that is not easily overtaken by one group. So far there need be a strong central (military) power, to stabilize the order. That is always a threat from the inside. Maybe in a future, well educated, fully developped and globalized world the need for such a military force will vanish... Hopefully

mcdavis55 Says:

Jun 9, 2008 - Checks and Balances!!! While the speaker talks about their importance in building democracies we continue to give ours away to the Bush administration. We sacrifice our freedoms so that we can feel a false sense of security.

mcdavis55 Says:

Jun 9, 2008 - Socialism only works when combined in the right proportions with capitialism. Pure socialism won't work because it allows for too much power for too few people. It is too easy to turn pure socialism into a communist dictatorship.

dougreding Says:

Jun 9, 2008 - Excellent ideas, but doomed to fail. NOTHING can help the third world until one major trend is reversed. CHINA has the solution -- the "ONE CHILD" policy. They would still be in the toilet without it. Take third world births minus deaths and you get 80+ million NEW third worlders every year!! I don't care WHAT is tried -- NOTHING will work when the bottom billion will soon be the bottom 3 billion. It all starts with population control and China is the proof that this is the case.

stopthemind Says:

Jun 9, 2008 - The rescue of the poor is not the goal of the elites in power! On the contrary: the lower and the middle classes in this world will be annihilated - this is the goal. Why? The problem is UNRESTRICTED PROCREATION - both in the First AND the Third and Fourth Worlds.

swalker711 Says:

Jun 12, 2008 - dougreding We the American taxpayer paid to set-up the population in China. I guess, you would like such a program here in America. Then we (our corporations after Nixon got the door opened) began the process of moving jobs to China. Nation Building as Ron Paul put it. Our main problem is not using the technology that will stop the use of oil (now we do not have the funds with jobs). Electric cars self propelled by magnets. Solar and wind energy. And we all know why we did not sow this avenue.

Mrmoc7 Says:

Jun 16, 2008 - China's one-child policy has it's own faults. The Chinese populace responded to it's iron-handedness with female infanticide, thus creating a disproportionate male/female ratio.

akylae101 Says:

Jun 18, 2008 - If you don't want taxes, say goodbye to Medicare & Medicaid, police, firemen, search & rescue...If you think planed economy is good ask the Ukranian farmers who starved to death becouse the planers decided it's more importaint to feed the industry workers, to impress the better-off free-market west. - Oh wait, you can't, they're dead.The only consistent constant of planed economy is chronic malnutrition. Just compare North & South Korea

Elfrania Says:

Jun 20, 2008 - He did not say no taxes,he meant audit the accounts.The Enron scandal was an appalling American disgrace.China is planned economy,she has fed the world's largest population.Of course,capitalistic media will highlight the worst to accentuate it's best,but only a kid would believe in advertisement.

Elfrania Says:

Jun 20, 2008 - The centre debate is not on which economy or political system,but how they are checked. The question is not on the device, but the corruptibility of those who run it.I do not think he is that difficult to understand.

akylae101 Says:

Jun 20, 2008 - Uh... misunderstanding. I replied to viewers who like to see absurdities happen, like the revival of a terrible regime. Luckily neither of us have lived in communism, but my parents have, and they remember lack of fruit, fuel shortages & smuggling clothes over iron curtain's soft spots. China is feeding cities at the expense of villages, standard thought ex-soviet union.The man I understand and hope he is right. Checks are always good.

johnclavis Says:

Jun 24, 2008 - Seems like a capitalistic free-for-all, with those who have the money having the political power, has its problems, too. But I don't disagree with you. Humans are stupid and imperfect. I don't know that *any* "ism" that's been invented yet has all the answers...

mcdavis55 Says:

Jun 24, 2008 - That's why capitalism must be combined with a Democracy that has very strong checks and balances. In fact, was it this TEDs or another where the speaker talks about why Democracy without the proper checks and balances is worse than the other "bad" forms of government?

minniemousie Says:

Jun 28, 2008 - Mr. Collier's discussion is great, the viewers' comments are also to be highly regarded! Good minds can and must find practible solutions for the twenty first century! Or there will not be a twenty second century

portiline Says:

Jul 13, 2008 - What I understood: Collier is trying to achieve a transparent international system for business, specially conceived to monitor businesses in the so-called developping countries. I never heard anyone defending this idea and I don't know if it is possible to implement it, because it would have to work either for bigger countries like China, Russia or the USA and not only for countries like Nigeria or Angola.

jacksdad2006 Says:

Jul 17, 2008 - We are not superior and should not force the rest of the world to be like us, us being developed countries. Developed countries are destroying the world and our systems are not better or more justifiable then others. In fact it seems with the direction the environment this point will only be proven with the destruction of the planets ecosystem and possibly humankind along with it.