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17,849 views | Megan Wilkens • TED@State Street Boston

Economics and art

What lessons can economics learn from art? Megan Wilkens examines how, historically, trends in the art world have offered a prescient window into wide-ranging socio-economic shifts in society. If economists look closely at art, they might be privy to unexpected changes in cultural behavior.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with State Street.

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What lessons can economics learn from art? Megan Wilkens examines how, historically, trends in the art world have offered a prescient window into wide-ranging socio-economic shifts in society. If economists look closely at art, they might be privy to unexpected changes in cultural behavior.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with State Street.

Read more about the TED Institute.

About the speaker

Megan Wilkens

Economics innovator

Megan Wilkens is a graduate from Providence College and the London School of Economics with an education in economics and art history. As an associate at State Street, Wilkens seeks to prove the connection economics and art and find creatively efficient, elegant and analytical solutions.

About TED Institute

Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas. The culmination is an event produced, recorded, and hosted by TED, generating a growing library of valuable TED Talks that can spur innovation and transform organizations.

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