The benefit of making money off of illness

David Henderson explains. H/T John Goodman.

Nassim Taleb on J.P. Morgan

The Leverage Cycle

John Geanakoplos, the James Tobin Professor of Economics at Yale University, discusses the perils of leverage in regard to the current global economic situation.

How to heal medicine?

The missing link of renewable energy

M.I.T. professor Donald Sadoway explains the challenges of bringing renewable energy to market.