Search for tag: "power"
Getting a Good Deal: Negotiating Extractive Industry Contracts - TrailerMany resource-rich countries negotiate complex contracts to govern mining, oil, or gas projects. Despite the critical importance of these contracts in determining the risks and benefits of these…
From SDG Academy
104 plays
|
|
The NegotiationWhile each negotiation is different, the challenges they present for government negotiators are often similar. In this session, Solongoo Bayarsaikhan discusses internal and external challenges…
From SDG Academy
122 plays
|
|
The Political Economy of AutomationThis chapter is on the political economy of automation. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
From SDG Academy
12 plays
|
|
Q&A | William Horak | 2019 Mar. 6In this Q&A from our Climate Action MOOC, Dr. Bill Horak, Chair of the Department of Nuclear Science and Technology at the Brookhaven National Lab, answers student questions about options for…
From SDG Academy
3 plays
|
|
Q&A | Stephanie McClellan | 2017 Jul. 31Stephanie McClellan, Director of the Special Initiative of Offshore Wind, answers questions related to the 7th week of the Climate Action course's 2017 run. This video is licensed under the CC…
From SDG Academy
0 plays
|
|
Q&A | Stephanie McClellan | 2018 Jan. 23Stephanie McClellan, Director of the Special Initiative of Offshore Wind, answers questions related to Module 3 Chapter 4 of the "Natural Resources" course. This video is licensed under…
From SDG Academy
2 plays
|
|
Drivers of industry: exports and the basicsThis chapter introduces the four key drivers of industrialization: 'the basics', exports, capabilities and clusting/agglomerations, how 'the basics' are an essential foundation…
From SDG Academy
4 plays
|
|
The American CenturyThis chapter starts its discussion in 1914, looking at the rise of the US as a world power and the "American Century." This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.
From SDG Academy
5 plays
|
|
Stabilization ThemesThis chapter focuses on stabilization, which is the reduction of inflation to a very low level, and explains the tools to understand stabilization. These tools include stabilizing the exchange rate,…
From SDG Academy
6 plays
|
|
PPP and Interest Rate ArbitrageThis chapter focuses on the purchasing power parity (PPP) and the interest rate arbitrage. Professor Larraín begins by explaining the law of one price, which states that a good must cost the…
From SDG Academy
28 plays
|
|
International Comparisons of Income (PPP)One of the challenges that faces macroeconomists is comparing the gross domestic product across countries. Using a numerical illustration of the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), which is the concept of…
From SDG Academy
19 plays
|
|
The Beginning of Divergence of the West and AsiaProfessor Sachs begins this chapter by explaining Angus Maddison's graphs of GDP per capita and population from the 1700s, in order to explain Europe’s rise to power during the fourth wave…
From SDG Academy
125 plays
|
|
The State of Conflict Around the WorldThis chapter focuses on peace around the world as a peans of obtaining sustainable development, looking at the risk of nuclear war, current conflicts, and the cost of conflict. This video is…
From SDG Academy
235 plays
|
|
Advanced Nuclear PowerThis chapter discusses the new generation of nuclear power reactors. there are approximately 40 countries with nuclear energy as part of their power mix, with some countries planning to phase out or…
From SDG Academy
43 plays
|
|
Nuclear PowerIn this chapter, Bill Horak discusses nuclear technology basics. He talks about the role of Columbia in the start of nuclear energy. He describes the process of nuclear fission in detail and compares…
From SDG Academy
24 plays
|
|
Human Roots of the Ecological CrisisDr. Anthony Annett discusses the third section of the Pope’s encyclical, which highlights the roots of the existing ecological crisis. The encyclical frames the many social and environmental…
From SDG Academy
134 plays
|