# The risky politics of progress

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSummit
- Speaker: Jonathan Tepperman
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics, Law
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_tepperman_the_risky_politics_of_progress)
- 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)

Global problems such as terrorism, inequality and political dysfunction aren't easy to solve, but that doesn't mean we should stop trying. In fact, suggests journalist Jonathan Tepperman, we might even want to think riskier. He traveled the world to ask global leaders how they're tackling hard problems -- and unearthed surprisingly hopeful stories that he's distilled into three tools for problem-solving.

## Lectures

1. [The risky politics of progress](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jonathan_tepperman_the_risky_politics_of_progress/3892646c279d), 19 min (TED's player)