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    Can a Society Ruled by Complex Computer Algorithms Let New Ideas In?

    “We are in a world that is ruled by algorithms,” said O’Reilly at a recent Reinvent event marking the publication of his new book WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us.

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    Can California Model the Future of Work?

    As the number of contingent and gig workers in the United States continues to rise, our labor laws and policies need to shift to fit our new reality. We've been here before—in 1950, the “Treaty of Detroit” cracked the model for how both workers and companies could thrive in the...

  • Watch (4:24)Technology, Economics

    An Overview of Our Series Kickoff Event: What’s the Future of Independent Workers?

    The kickoff event for our new Future of Work series featured eight remarkable thought leaders in the space, and an audience of people both passionate and knowledgeable about this topic.

  • Watch (2:06)Sustainability, Economics

    Paul Hawken Presents a 100-Step Plan to Reverse Global Warming

    Paul Hawken and the team at Project Drawdown have developed the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming, a feat which Hawken said was easy, because "no one had ever proposed a plan before."

  • Watch (3:45)Sustainability, Technology, Economics

    An Animated Overview of the Sharing Economy

    Fred is a Baby Boomer mayor who's pretty sure he's got things figured out. Wife and 2.5 kids, big house in the suburbs, steady full-time job. When the sharing economy comes along, he doesn't quite know what to make of it.

  • Watch (62:07)Technology, Economics

    Will Crowd-Based Capitalism Replace Managerial Capitalism? (Full Transcript)

    Arun Sundararajan, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business and author of the recent book The Sharing Economy, believes crowd-based capitalism could replace managerial capitalism in the next 10-20 years. Sundararajan believes crowd-based capitalism is an inherently superior model, one that uses resources more efficiently, which tends to result...

  • ReadPolitics, Economics

    The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Affordable Housing

    American cities have plenty of jobs and nowhere near enough housing. Do city officials stand a chance of keeping Millennials residents around?

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    The Multi-Millionaire Who’s Fighting for $15 (Full Transcript)

    Entrepreneur and investor Nick Hanauer, one of the most vocal proponents of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, wants his fellow one percenters to understand the importance of addressing income inequality. No one has a bigger stake in a thriving middle class than the wealthy, Hanauer said.

  • Watch (0:54)Technology, Economics

    John Battelle on Changes in our Economy and the Current Vibe in San Francisco

    At the first gathering of What's Now: San Francisco, hosted in partnership with Capgemini, John Battelle discussed the current unease in the city of San Francisco. "Once again, San Francisco is the canary in the coal mine for a bigger story that's happening around the world," John said.

  • Watch (4:35)Economics, Global

    Boosting Employment in the U.S. and Around the World

    Given the explosion of the global population over the last few decades and increasing scientific evidence on the detrimental effects of unemployment, we need to rethink how we approach global unemployment.

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