Politici economice

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How "policing for profit" threatens your rights | Dick M. Carpenter

Did you know that the government can take your car, house, business, or other property on the mere suspicion that it's connected to criminal activity and without ever convicting or even charging you with a crime?

In this stunning talk, Dick M. Carpenter II, explains how everyday people like you & me can fall prey to "policing for profit," also known as civil forfeiture. Dick Carpenter is a professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Director of Strategic Research at the Institute for Justice, where he has published on a variety of topics ranging from educational policy to the dynamics of presidential elections.

Rebecca Henderson - "To save the climate, we have to reimagine capitalism"
"Business is screwed if we don't fix climate change," says economist Rebecca Henderson. In this bold talk, she describes how unchecked capitalism destabilizes the environment and harms human health -- and makes the case for companies to step up and help fix the climate crisis they're causing. Hear what a reimagined capitalism, in which companies pay for the climate damage they cause, could look like.