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Economist Paul Romer outlines his groundbreaking economic theory of history. Romer explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of living by looking primarily at just two forms of innovative ideas: technology and rules.

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Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and...Season 1 : Ep. 30 (1:15:35)
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Growth Has an Expiration DateSeason 1 : Ep. 29 (23:56)
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Market Forces: Can Technology Bring...Season 1 : Ep. 27 (23:42)
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"Focusing Illusions" and the Myth o...Excerpt (02:21)
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Breaking the 'Bamboo Ceiling': Fore...Excerpt (03:38)
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Predicting Urban Crime? There's an ...Excerpt (06:05)
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Is Society On the Verge of Collapse?Excerpt (05:56)
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Season:Episode	Title	Runtime	Air Date	User Rating	Queue
Season 1					All
30	Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast ...	1:15:35	01/11/2012
29	Growth Has an Expiration Date	23:56	01/06/2012
27	Market Forces: Can Technology Br...	23:42	08/17/2011
26	Planet Money's Adam Davidson: Sm...	21:40	07/23/2011
25	CP+B's Andrew Keller: How Advert...	26:10	07/23/2011
24	Inside Job: A Conversation with ...	1:06:10	06/16/2011
23	Matt Ridley: Deep Optimism	1:36:56	04/29/2011
22	Dambisa Moyo: How the West Was Lost	1:05:44	03/04/2011
21	The Financial Crisis: Will It Le...	58:45	02/04/2011
20	University of Chicago Economist ...	37:02	01/07/2011
19	Marijuana Economics 2010: Debati...	1:05:13	12/17/2010
18	The Thank You Economy: How Busin...	10:38	11/28/2010
17	The State of the Economy: Treasu...	1:04:57	10/28/2010
16	Morality and the Free Market wit...	1:06:13	09/24/2010
15	Marijuana Economics	1:03:49	09/18/2010
14	Dan Ariely: The Upside of Irrati...	1:08:58	08/14/2010
13	Nouriel Roubini on Crisis Econom...	58:48	06/20/2010
12	Joseph Stiglitz on Freefall: The...	1:06:21	04/28/2010
11	A Theory of History, with an App...	51:59	04/28/2010
10	The Value of Nothing	1:06:55	02/18/2010

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Season:Episode	Title	Type	Runtime	Air Date	User Rating	Queue
-	"Focusing Illusions" and the Myt...	Excerpt	02:21	01/10/2012
-	Breaking the 'Bamboo Ceiling': F...	Excerpt	03:38	12/05/2011
1 : 28	Predicting Urban Crime? There's ...	Excerpt	06:05	09/24/2011
1 : 28	Is Society On the Verge of Colla...	Excerpt	05:56	09/24/2011
1 : 28	Geoffrey West: Government Needs ...	Excerpt	04:00	09/24/2011
1 : 27	The World Bank's Commitment to O...	Excerpt	03:34	08/17/2011
-	Has the Industrial Age Finally R...	Excerpt	02:29	06/22/2011
1 : 24	A Proposal to Reform Wall Street	Excerpt	04:29	06/18/2011
1 : 24	Finance Industry Crimes: Why Are...	Excerpt	02:37	06/18/2011
-	Seasteading: Start Your Own Coun...	Excerpt	02:15	06/08/2011
-	Robert Reich on Creating Market ...	Excerpt	02:19	06/06/2011
1 : 23	What Drives Human Evolution and ...	Excerpt	06:09	05/03/2011
1 : 23	Can the Earth Feed a Population ...	Excerpt	03:12	05/03/2011
-	Krugman: Why Capitol Hill Didn't...	Excerpt	02:54	04/20/2011
-	Krugman on Jobs: New Grads Will ...	Excerpt	03:10	04/20/2011

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he ignores many, many, many realities... he needs to account for the exploitation of cheap labor in his theory that 'technology' has driven growth.

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The transition to commercials is choppy and disruptive. The commercials suddenly appear in the middle of the speakers sentences. I do like the speaker and displays great ideas and is not a downer.

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