Comments on: Playlist: The roots — and effects — of income inequality http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TED Talks video, the TED Prize and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TED and inequality: The real story http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13871 Sat, 19 May 2012 22:49:01 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13871 [...] You can find more talks on economic injustice in this TED Blog playlist [...]

]]> By: Ray Givler http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13864 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13864 If TED wants an open discussion, they should invite and Austrian economist like Robert Murphy. The comments from some (presumably) intelligent TED members are shocking. People above do not understand the difference between corporatism and capitalism. They do not understand that capitalism has brought more people out of poverty than any other economic system ever. They do not understand the concepts that informed the Constitution, principle of which was the concept of property rights. Income cannot be equalized without violating the property rights (i.e. liberty) of some for the benefit of others. You people need to go over to learnliberty.org because you don’t realize your assumptions (first, you don’t believe in property rights, and second you assume that government is the best means of helping people (laughable, really)).

]]> By: Paul Barrett http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13851 Sat, 19 May 2012 05:26:05 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13851 Someone should tell Chris Anderson about Google. Google, the verb, Voodoo economics, and you can find notable republicans disputing supply-side economics. hanauer is no more partisan than Gallelio when he mentioned that the earth was not the center of the Galaxy. Anyway, Hanauers talk is up on youtube… Chris Anderson… Dumb decision.

]]> By: Erika Wischmann http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13844 Fri, 18 May 2012 19:59:07 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13844 Hanauer’s talk was no more radical than Wilkinson’s, which makes me suspect these “censorship” allegations are just a cheap bid for attention.
Still, it would be nice if TED would lay them to rest by simply posting the talk.

]]> By: progressiveagentprovocateur http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13841 Fri, 18 May 2012 16:22:14 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13841 Thanks for the link.

Having now watched the presentation, I do not see it as partisan and I am not a member of either major party and, in fact, worked for Reagan/Bush in 1980 as a college Freshman. If anyone thinks his presentation as controversial or partisan needs to listen to Mike Malloy or Lee Camp rant.

As I posted over at CA’s blogpost, if we (the American people) do not fix the hyper-partisan scorched earth political climate we will flounder as nothing will get done- including many of the great ideas presented at TED over the years.

The Republican Party has adopted a policy of my way or the highway and refuses to bend at all. Given that attitude, it will be almost impossible to accomplish much in government, which plays right into the Republican meme concerning the ineffectiveness of government.

I see nothing wrong with Mr Hanauer’s presentation, but am amused to see that so many consider it controversial.

]]> By: Erin Briney http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13831 Fri, 18 May 2012 03:53:35 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13831 @Tom. I have a tremendous amount of respect for TED, which is why I immediantly went to your site after seeing the Nick Hanauer story pop up in the feeds and social sites I visit. I was surprised that I could find no response to the allegations on your site or blog which is why I commented. I understand that sometimes addressing the story indicates that you have something to defend and lends credence to the accusations, however this thinly disguised post on inequality almost seemed like you were throwing up a smoke screen to hide behind. Your followers want to stand behind you, so thank you for posting a link to the response. I encourage you to be more transparent and direct in your communications to ensure that your supporters find the information they are looking for regarding this highly publicized story.

]]> By: Tom Rielly http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13829 Fri, 18 May 2012 02:39:36 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13829 Tom Rielly from TED here.

Nick’s talk is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBx2Y5HhplI&feature=youtu.be

Our issue is an editorial one, not having anything to do with our corporate partners. Read Chris’ blog post here: http://tedchris.posterous.com/131417405

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Pickin Grinnin http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13828 Fri, 18 May 2012 02:39:34 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13828 I have lost a LOT of respect for TED today. Post the Nick Hanauer speech. It’s far more interesting than anything else on this page.

]]> By: David Gregory http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13827 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:41:58 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13827 I’ll pay to watch it. If you won’t distribute it for free put it up on iTunes for sale. Let the market decide.

]]> By: David Gregory http://blog.ted.com/2012/05/17/playlist-the-roots-and-effects-of-income-equality/comment-page-1/#comment-13826 Thu, 17 May 2012 23:40:48 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=58173#comment-13826 Yes, in America we do not fear honestly expressed opinion. And we get far too much corporate friendly, sanitized “free market capitalism” embedded in everything but our Cheerios. Funny, but when I read the Constitution and other founding documents I read nothing about Free Market Capitalism and unrestricted greed.

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