[Mitworld] Charles Ferguson on the Financial Crisis, Joseph Coughlin on Transportation for an Aging Population

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 25 |  January 19, 2011

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The Financial Crisis, the Recession, and the American Political Economy: A Systemic Perspective
November 9, 2010

In a lecture that distills many of the arguments of his recent film, Inside Job, Charles Ferguson 
conveys dispassionately yet persuasively the reasons we all should feel profound anxiety not only about the 
nation’s financial institutions, but about our economic and political future as well.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/861

Speaker:
Charles Ferguson PhD '89
Filmmaker, Inside Job and No End in Sight


Event Host:
Engineering Systems Division

"What occurred is that the financial services industry as it rapidly consolidated and concentrated 
became the dominant source not only of corporate profits, but campaign contributions and political 
funding in the U.S."
-Charles Ferguson

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The Future is Gray, Small & Female: Disruptive Demographics and Transportation Tomorrow
November 2, 2010

Joseph Coughlin of the MIT AgeLab ponders the transportation issues around these stunning statistics: 
a baby boomer turns 64 every seven seconds, 85-year-olds are the fastest growing age cohort, and most 
of the longest-lived will be women.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/863

Speaker:
Joseph F. Coughlin
Director, MIT AgeLab & New England University Transportation Center, Center for Transportation and Logistics

Senior Lecturer, Engineering Systems Division


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"The saying is there are two things we can depend on: death and taxes. Well, maybe not death so much. 
Funeral home industry sales are declining. People aren’t dying as fast as they once did ... If our 
most dependable business is being changed, how are the disruptive demographics of a changing society 
affecting transportation demand, services and logistics?"
-Joseph Coughlin

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In The Pipeline:

Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

Presented By:
Communications Forum

Moderator:
Thomas Levenson
Professor and Head of Writing and Humanistic Studies
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

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