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Video	AN ESCAPE FROM POVERTY - Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way. [Jacqueline Novogratz,·TED, February 2009]
Video	HOW ECONOMIC INEQUALITY HARMS SOCIETIES - We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust. [Richard Wilkinson,·TED Global, July 2011]
Video	SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS TO FIGHT POVERTY - . Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid's impact raises questions about how to provide it. But Clark Medal-winner Esther Duflo says it's possible to know which development efforts help and which hurt -- by testing solutions with randomized trials. [Esther Duflo,·TED, February 2010]
Video	THE STORY WE TELL ABOUT POVERTY ISN'T TRUE - As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in poverty: They may be broke — but they're not broken. [Mia Birdsong,·TED Women, May 2015]
Video	BEWARE, FELLOW PLUTOCRATS, THE PITCHFORKS ARE COMING - Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his argument about why a dramatic increase in minimum wage could grow the middle class, deliver economic prosperity ... and prevent a revolution. [Nick Hanauer,·TED Salon, NY, August 2014]
Video	THE SIX KILLER APPS OF PROSPERITY - Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable. [Niall Ferguson,·TED Global, July 2011]
Video	ENDING HUNGER NOW - . Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together." [Josette Sheeran,·TED Global, July 2011]
Video	WIRING A WEB FOR GLOBAL GOOD - We're at a unique moment in history, says UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown: we can use today's interconnectedness to develop our shared global ethic -- and work together to confront the challenges of poverty, security, climate change and the economy. [Gordon Brown,·TED Global, July 2009]
Video	HOW ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATIONS MIGRATE ACROSS BORDERS - . As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this eye-opening talk, architect Teddy Cruz asks us to rethink urban development from the bottom up. Sharing lessons from the slums of Tijuana, Cruz explores the creative intelligence of the city's residents and offers a fresh perspective on what we can learn from places of scarcity. [Teddy Cruz,·TED Global, June 2013]
Video	WE NEED MONEY FOR AID. SO LET’S PRINT IT - During the financial crisis, the central banks of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan created $3.7 trillion in order to buy assets and encourage investors to do the same. Michael Metcalfe offers a shocking idea: could these same central banks print money to ensure they stay on track with their goals for global aid? Without risking inflation? [Michael Metcalfe,·TED @ State Street Boston, November 2013]