# How ideas trump crises

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Alex Tabarrok
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Economics, Business and management, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_tabarrok_how_ideas_trump_crises)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The "dismal science" truly shines in this optimistic talk, as economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-divided world into a community of idea-sharing more healthy, happy and prosperous than anyone's predictions.

## Lectures

1. [How ideas trump crises](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alex_tabarrok_how_ideas_trump_crises/63b7510a217e), 15 min (TED's player)