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TED Talks News and Politics

Seeing the world beyond news headlines: politicians, journalists and researchers share their insights onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.

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War in Ukraine — and what it means for the world order | Ian Bremmer

Mar 11, 2022
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How to share public money fairly | Maja Bosnic

Mar 8, 2022
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Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil | Garry Kasparov

Apr 11, 2022
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An election redesign to restore trust in US democracy | Tiana Epps-Johnson

May 2, 2022
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How the US should use its superpower status | Ian Bremmer

Oct 25, 2016
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How labor unions shape society | Margaret Levi

May 23, 2022
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The actual cost of preventing climate breakdown | Yuval Noah Harari

Jun 17, 2022
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The counterintuitive psychology of insurance | Orit Tykocinski

Feb 23, 2022
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The US can move past immigration prisons -- and towards justice | César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

Jul 27, 2022
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What capitalism gets right -- and governments get wrong | Katherine Mangu-Ward

Sep 2, 2022