10 episodes

In the first decade of the 21st century we saw financial markets collapse, sudden spikes in food prices and projections of major environmental impact from climate change. All pose serious challenges to the global economic and financial systems. Economist and Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen along with leading experts in the field discuss re-thinking the social, economic and political systems we have in place today.

This material forms part of The Open University course DD309 Doing economics: people, markets and policy.

Markets in crisis - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

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In the first decade of the 21st century we saw financial markets collapse, sudden spikes in food prices and projections of major environmental impact from climate change. All pose serious challenges to the global economic and financial systems. Economist and Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen along with leading experts in the field discuss re-thinking the social, economic and political systems we have in place today.

This material forms part of The Open University course DD309 Doing economics: people, markets and policy.

    Markets in Crisis

    Markets in Crisis

    A short introduction to this album

    • 55 sec
    Transcript -- Markets in Crisis

    Transcript -- Markets in Crisis

    A short introduction to this album

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    Human motivation during a global crisis

    Human motivation during a global crisis

    Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen expresses that now more than ever it's time to re-think the social, economic and political organisations we have in place today.

    • 6 min
    Transcript -- Human motivation during a global crisis

    Transcript -- Human motivation during a global crisis

    Nobel prize winner Amartya Sen expresses that now more than ever it's time to re-think the social, economic and political organisations we have in place today.

    • video
    Balancing markets and government regulation

    Balancing markets and government regulation

    What influence does governments have on the global economy? We look at Chinas healthcare as a classic case study.

    • 4 min
    Transcript -- Balancing markets and government regulation

    Transcript -- Balancing markets and government regulation

    What influence does governments have on the global economy? We look at Chinas healthcare as a classic case study.

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