# Who controls the world?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxZurich 2012
- Speaker: James B. Glattfelder
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/james_b_glattfelder_who_controls_the_world)
- 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)

James Glattfelder studies complexity: how an interconnected system -- say, a swarm of birds -- is more than the sum of its parts. And complexity theory, it turns out, can reveal a lot about how the world economy works. Glattfelder shares a groundbreaking study of how control flows through the global economy, and how concentration of power in the hands of a shockingly small number leaves us all vulnerable.

## Lectures

1. [Who controls the world?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/james_b_glattfelder_who_controls_the_world/ccabcb0eede7), 14 min (TED's player)