# Alex Tabarrok on how ideas trump crises

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.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- Runtime: 14 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, History
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/AlexTabarrok_2009)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/AlexTabarrok_2009?play=1)