{"id":22615,"date":"2012-04-11T22:02:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T02:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=22615"},"modified":"2012-04-12T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T03:09:10","slug":"a-crash-course-in-finance-via-11-ted-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/04\/11\/a-crash-course-in-finance-via-11-ted-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"a crash course in finance via 11 TED talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dIbkqUm_xKk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"386\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dIbkqUm_xKk&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">Video link here<\/a>.)\u00a0<\/em>Vicki Celestines, one of our readers,\u00a0sent us this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinemba.com\/blog\/11-compelling-ted-talks-on-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">great compilation of &#8220;compelling TED Talks on Money.<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0Together, the eleven videos make up a unique &#8220;crash course in economics and personal finance&#8221; which we can certainly use. They cover topics such as putting a value on nature; raising kids to be entrepreneurs; poverty, money, and love; and investing in a post-crash world.<\/p>\n<p>Our hands-down favorite though is Matt Weinstein&#8217;s talk about &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_weinstein_what_bernie_madoff_couldn_t_steal_from_me.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Bernie Madoff Couldn&#8217;t Steal from Me.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It puts the fear of loss in another light.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts: <a title=\"an astonishing video (made from Tedtalks)\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2012\/03\/27\/an-astonishing-video-made-from-tedtalks\/\" target=\"_blank\">an astonishing video (made from Tedtalks)<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"11 questions to ask before buying something\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/08\/25\/11-questions-to-ask-before-buying-something\/\" target=\"_blank\">11 questions to ask before buying something<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"louis c.k on being broke (with su tung-p\u2019o)\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/12\/14\/louis-c-k-and-su-tung-po-on-being-broke\/\" target=\"_blank\">louis c.k on being broke (with su tung-p\u2019o)<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"recession jokes\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/06\/22\/recession-jokes\/\">recession jokes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video link here.)\u00a0Vicki Celestines, one of our readers,\u00a0sent us this great compilation of &#8220;compelling TED Talks on Money.&#8221; \u00a0Together, the eleven videos make up a unique &#8220;crash course in economics and personal finance&#8221; which we can certainly use. 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