Video Time!

A couple of really interesting bloggingheads exchanges:

Dan Drezner (Tufts University and All Politics is Global) talks with Heather Hurlburt (Executive Director of the National Security Network). Topics include climate change, Obama's trip to the G8, the Doha Round of WTO trade negotiations, and China.

Matthew Yglesias (ThinkProgress.org) talks with Megan McArdle (The Atlantic) talk about health care reform, the future of American conservatism, and the financial crisis.

Finally, James Fallows and Niall Ferguson discuss "Chimerica" and the future of the Sino-American relationship:

Videos for the Weekend: Recent TED Talks

Two recent TED talks of interest to IPE folks. First, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains how he can predict the world using game theory. Second, Alex Tabarrok shows why he is known as one of the most optimistic believers in global capitalism still standing. I often think that both of these guys are excessively exuberant, and I suspect that there is some showmanship going on under the guise of social science, yet they are both fairly influential and should be taken seriously.