Rachel Botsman: The currency of the new economy is trust | Video on TED.com

Rachel Botsman: The currency of the new economy is trust | Video on TED.com: There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls "reputation capital."

Rachel Botsman writes and speaks on the power of collaboration and sharing through network technologies, and on how it will transform business, consumerism and the way we live. Full bio �

The Controversial Talk That "Ted Won't Show You" | The Conference Channel Blog

The Controversial Talk That "Ted Won't Show You" | The Conference Channel Blog: You’d expect a poor person to say:

When the rich take credit for creating jobs, they are like “squirrels taking credit for evolution.”

But, in fact, it’s out of the mouth of venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, who was an early investor in Amazon and is a rich, very rich man. In March he gave a speech at a TED University conference that lambasted income inequality in America and the widely held belief that wealthy Americans should not be taxed at a higher rate because they are great job generators.

Rob Harmon: How the market can keep streams flowing | Video on TED.com

Rob Harmon: How the market can keep streams flowing | Video on TED.com: "With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon has implemented an ingenious market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer companies find their fates intertwined in the intriguing century-old tale of Prickly Pear Creek.
About Rob Harmon
Rob Harmon is an expert on energy and natural resources policy -- looking at smart ways to manage carbon, water and the energy we use every day."

The BNote: Green Currency in Baltimore | Reality Sandwich

The BNote: Green Currency in Baltimore | Reality Sandwich: "The energy is building.� Even before we have printed a single note, everywhere we go in Baltimore people have already heard of the BNote, and businesses are signing on to accept them when we launch next year.� We are finding that people are very receptive to the idea of an alternative economic system - one that will benefit people instead of corporations.�"

The Transformational Power of Complementary Currencies: Charles Eisenstein on Money (Part One) | Reality Sandwich

The Transformational Power of Complementary Currencies: Charles Eisenstein on Money (Part One) | Reality Sandwich: "In this clip, RS contributor Charles Eisenstein talks about how creating a new story of money opens up possibilities for new kinds of human connections, as money is a symbol of relationships and coordinated activity.� He points to complementary 'negative interest' currencies as a way of overcoming the crisis inherent in our current story of money, in which the entire plot is dependent on the hoarding and converting of rapidly depleting natural resources into goods."

Shareable: Is Social Media Catalyzing an Offline Sharing Economy?

Shareable: Is Social Media Catalyzing an Offline Sharing Economy?

The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd | BlogHer

The Idiocy of the Anti-Sharia Crowd | BlogHer: "For those following the idiotic allegations that Sharia is creeping into American society and wonder who speaks for Islam, I think the answer is obvious. Western extremists are now the new hijackers of Islam. They have adopted the language of Islamic terrorists, interpreted the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) into something unrecognizable to Muslims and cherry-pick aspects of Sharia to offer interpretations in a vacuum."

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love | Video on TED.com

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love | Video on TED.com: "What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: 'they' need 'our' help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed -- and how her work with microloans has brought new power to people who live on a few dollars a day."