More entries in the Econ4 video contest
Here, for your inspiration and entertainment, are two more recent entries in the Econ4 Video Remix Contest. We’ll continue to post selected entries.
Reminder: Deadline for prize eligibility is February 1st.
Video remix: More entries
Here we share two more recent entries in the Econ4 Video Remix Contest. We’ll continue to post selected entries in coming weeks.
Reminder: Deadline for prize eligibility is February 1st.
Econ4 Video Remix Contest: Great entries
It’s time to start sharing some of the great entries we’ve received in the Econ4 Video Remix Contest. Stay tuned for more!
Entries received by February 1, 2016, are eligible for cash prizes. You can enter here.
Nature Rx
Price is not the same as value. Check out this un-drug commercial:
Source: http://www.nature-rx.org/
How health care works (or not) in the United States
Econ4’s Gerald Friedman spells out the ABC’s of the health care economy in the U.S. [Viewer discretion advised: The information in this video may tick you off.]
Source: justenoughinfo.org.
Neil Young: Who’s Gonna Stand Up?
Neil Young asks, “Who’s Gonna Stand Up and Save the Earth?”
A user’s guide to economics
The author of Economics: A User’s Guide breaks down the scientific aspirations – or pretensions – of neoclassical economics:
Source: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=13830
Innovation for the future economy: solar roadways
A century ago, cities were “drowning in horse manure.” Today we are drowning in fossil fuel emissions. It’s time for the transportation revolution of the 21st century. Maybe this will be part of it:
Source: http://paksc.org/video/documentaries/246-solar-roadways-the-prototype
The Next System Project
A new project from Econ4’s Gar Alperovitz and many more:
Learn more about the Next System Project here.
Banned in China: know your air
The powerful film (with English subtitles) on pollution – initially hailed, then banned, by Chinese officialdom:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6X2uwlQGQM
From New York Times story on the ban:
On Friday evening [the day the film was banned], Xinhua, the state news agency, posted on Twitter, which is also blocked here, that “President Xi Jinping vows to punish, with an iron hand, any violators who destroy ecology or environment, with no exceptions.” That night, the United States Embassy air monitor in Beijing rated the air “hazardous.”
Read more here.
POSTSCRIPT: Chinese officials are not the alone in trying to suppress bad news on the environment. Check out the latest from Florida, here.
