# How to combat modern slavery

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Kevin Bales
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery)
- 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)

In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground research -- and names the price of freeing every slave on earth right now.

## Lectures

1. [How to combat modern slavery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery/40d6cab8fe3f), 18 min (TED's player)