EVENT ... Meetup ... November 20, 2015
Economics and Big Data ... NYU Courant Institute
EVENT ... Friday, November 20, 2015 ... 6:00 PM ... NYU Courant Institute
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Open file 10601
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Events ... Meetup ... November 17, 2015
New York Investing Meetup November meeting
New York Investing Meetup November meeting ... Tuesday, November 17, 2015
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Open file 10602
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People ... A. C. Pigou
Economist
Pigou was the head of the Cambridge Economics Department for many years ... he died in 1959
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Open file 10603
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People
Diane Coyle
Diane Coyle ... Economist ... Oxford PPE ... Vice Chariman the BBC Trust ...
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About China
The Institutional Investor
The Opportunities in Cina's Shifting Landscape ... Henry McVey and Frances Lim of KKR
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Open file 10605
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Company ... Toyota
Technology
Toyota’s $1 Billion Artificial Intelligence, Robotics R&D ‘New Company’ Investment
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People ... Bill Barnes
Population
Saving the World, One Bottle of Cabernet at a Time
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Issue
Population
Trailer for the film ... Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
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People
Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek TED talk ... Why? How? What? ... How_great_leaders_inspire_action
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Open file 10609
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People
Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek TED Talk ... Why good leaders make you feel safe
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People
Peter Head
Peter Head speaks at the Mansion House ... City of London ... embedded video and transcript
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Country Comparisons
Prices
What is cheaper in the UK than in the US? ... As a Brit who lived in the US for 4 years there are a only a few things, but they are quite significant.
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War
Unintended consequences
Crimes against the environment... the silent victim of warfare 50215
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Company ... Volkswagen
Engineering misinformation
VW Ingenieure schummelten aus Angst vor Winterkorn - VW Engineers Cheated!
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Open file 10614
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Climate Change
The Ecological Sequestration Trust
The network of people and organizations involved
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Open file 10615
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Development Financing
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey D. Sachs ... Financing Sustainable Development ... Addis Ababa Summit 2015
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Open file 10616
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People ... Author
Rowan Gibson
‘Never accept boundaries’ – interview with Rowan Gibson, author, ‘Four Lenses of Innovation’
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Country ... South Sudan
Air Safety
South Sudan cargo plane crash kills at least 40 people
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Initiative
The Ecological Sequestration Trust
How resilience.io can build value into city regions
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Open file 10619
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Initiative
The Ecological Sequestration Trust (TEST)
resilience.io Economics Webinar Oct 2014
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People
Peter Nead
Video ... Peter Head CBE on Arup, the ecological age and the launch of the Ecological Sequestration Trust
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Initiatives
C40 ... Cities and Climate Change
Michael R. Bloomberg on C40's 10-year Anniversary
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People
John Elkington
The Elkington Report ... Why it's dangerous to dream in straight lines
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Energy Companies
RWE in Germany
“Standby”* of lignite-fired power plants contributes to climate targets ... Five 300-MW units of RWE at Fimmersdorf, Niederaußem and Neurath to serve as “standby*”
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Open file 10624
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Book
Author: E. Freya Williams
Green Giants ... How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar Businesses
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Open file 10625
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Issue ... Climate Change
Impact Investments
Amory Lovins ... Four Trends Driving Profitable Climate Protection
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Open file 10626
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People ... Andrew Winston
US Climate change policy
What the Keystone Pipeline Rejection Means
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Real Estate
Appraisal and valuation
Training in appraisal and valuation in Thailand
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Open file 10628
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Company
Exxon Mobil
Exxon Knew: Inside the New Climate Investigations
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Open file 10629
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Deforestation
Palm Oil
Who’s Responsible for Palm Oil Deforestation—Small Farmers or Big Companies?
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Open file 10630
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Country ... Indonesia
Palm oil deforestation
Sustainability Pledge Proves an Obstacle for Government Hungry for More Palm Oili
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Fossil Fuels
Stranded Assets
Big Oil Can't Go On Like This
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Open file 10632
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Big Oil
Broken Business Model
Big Oil's Broken Business Model: The Real Story Behind the Oil Price Collapse
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Open file 10633
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Burgess Dialog
Kevin Jones
Dialog with Kevin Jones about SOCAP and its application for cities and regions
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Initiatives
Oxfam
Oxfam
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Company
Alibaba
Alibaba's 'Singles' day sales surge to $14.3 billion
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Climate Change
Sea Rise Planning
Holland's Barriers to The Sea
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Open file 10637
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Event: Webinar
SC Magazing ... A Vision of Vulnerabilities
A Vision of Vulnerabilities ...Dec 02, 2015 01:30 PM EST, the broadcast will start at 02:00 PM EST.
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People
Richard Ravitch
Richard Ravitch ... New York Lawyer, politician, business man, negotiator, developer ... icon
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People
Richard Ravitch
He helped rescue New York. Next up: Detroit
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Sustainability
What does it mean
Should we abandon the language of sustainability?
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Open file 10641
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Terrorism
ISIS
The US has claimed it is ‘99% certain’ it has killed Mohammed Emwazi - AKA ‘Jihadi John’ - in a drone strike.
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Misc
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Company
Uber
About the Uber car service
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Open file 10644
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Energy
Solar energy and electricity storage
what-cheap-solar-and-battery-storage-mean-energys-future
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Open file 10645
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Terrorism
11/13 Attacks in Paris
Paris Attacks: At Least 127 Killed in Gunfire and Blasts, 200 Wounded ... Over 100 dead in concert venue alone as France closes its borders for the first time since 1944.
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Dysfunctional Government
The US Pentagon
NEWS & POLITICS ... It’s a ! The American Way of War in the 21st Century ... We are getting ripped off in the name of spreading peace and democracy.
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Trade
The TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership)
ECONOMY ... 'A Very Big Mistake': Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP ... 'This is about who makes the rules of trade—the American people or the corporations.'
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Open file 10648
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11/13/2-15 ... Paris
Response from President Hollande
François Hollande: We will ‘destroy’ ISIL ... French president calls for meeting of UN Security Council and vows to scale up military campaign.
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Finance ... Annuitites
Companies ... TIAA-CREF
Why More People Are Turning to Andrew Carnegie’s Weird “Wealth Machine” to Help Secure Their Retirements
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