# The refugees of boom-and-bust

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2009
- Speaker: Cameron Sinclair
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_sinclair_the_refugees_of_boom_and_bust)
- 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: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response.

## Lectures

1. [The refugees of boom-and-bust](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/cameron_sinclair_the_refugees_of_boom_and_bust/c82bd7ec1db7), 3 min (TED's player)