The following dimensions are addressed:Macroeconomic imbalances, Currency instability, Global governance (G20) and International financial system
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India; Robert E. Diamond Jr, Chief Executive, Barclays, United Kingdom; Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry of France; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom; Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance of Germany; Yu Yongding, Senior Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), People's Republic of China and Global Agenda Council on the International Monetary System; and Robert B. Zoellick, President, The World Bank Group, Washington DC. Chaired by Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, United Kingdom.

There's a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff.

'Re-Thinking Progress' explores how through a change in perspective we can re-design the way our economy works - designing products that can be 'made to be made again' and powering the system with renewable energy. It questions whether with creativity and innovation we can build a restorative economy.

Find out more about the circular economy at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and follow them on Twitter.

For an in-depth look at the economic and business rationale for making this transition, see the Towards the Circular Economy reports, available on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation website.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Michael Spence spoke to Googlers in Mountain View on May 24, 2011 about his book The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.

The Next Convergence is certain to spark a heated debate how best to move forward in the post-crisis period and reset the balance between national and international economic interests, and short-term fixes and long-term sustainability.

Click image to order book from Amazon.

Running a profitable business that takes care of the environment, provides meaningful jobs, and helps the community is an oxymoron, right? Not so fast. Friend states that green business practices are good for business and the world. It's not shareholder value or profit.

Gil Friend is Founder/CEO of Natural Logic, Inc. and Author of The Truth About Green Business

Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Elinor Ostrom. She worries about the news and text books promoting one way solutions to complex issues. There is not one way, no one recipe. She is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.

Author and economics professor Robert Frank discusses some basic economic concepts including if the benefit exceeds the cost, do it. He is the author of the "The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas" and this lecture was part of the Authors@Google series. This event took place on July 23, 2007 at Google headquarters in Mountain View, CA.

"Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More"

For three decades free-market leaders have tried to reverse longstanding Keynesian economic policies, but have only produced larger government, greater debt, and more centralized economic power. So how can we achieve a truly free-market system, especially at this historical moment when capitalism seems to be in crisis?
About the Author
John C. Médaille is the author of The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace and an instructor at the University of Dallas. He writes and lectures frequently on economics. Médaille has more than thirty years' experience in management at large corporations and as a small businessman, and he served five terms as a city councilman in his hometown of Irving, Texas.

In this interview, Dr. Sharif Abdullah talks about the issue of criminality and morality in terms of five economic systems, color coded markets, easy to remember when you are confronted with the challenge of doing the right thing or first realizing that just because something is legal doesn't make it moral. He is Founder and President of the Commonway Institute. Click image to order his book, Creating a World That Works for All.

Check out EarthSayers.tv special collection, Transforming Our Economy for more films, lectures, interviews.