Corruption

Some of the world's most baffling problems can be traced to corruption. These TED Talks — from analysts, journalists and whistleblowers — offer real-world solutions from around the world.

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The deadly genius of organized crime

5 talks • 1h 13m
Demystify criminal networks by learning how they build roots in society and weave themselves into the shadows of everyday life.

Talks about Corruption

12:01

Kelly Richmond Pope

How whistle-blowers shape history

Posted Oct 2018
5:16

Olga Yurkova

Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire

Posted Jun 2018
9:31

Brett Hennig

What if we replaced politicians with randomly selected people?

Posted Jun 2018
10:15

Zachariah Mampilly

How protest is redefining democracy around the world

Posted Feb 2018
12:30

Yvette Alberdingk Thijm

The power of citizen video to create undeniable truths

Posted Dec 2017
12:02

Alastair Gray

How fake handbags fund terrorism and organized crime

Posted Dec 2017
12:23

Teresa Njoroge

What I learned serving time for a crime I didn't commit

Posted Nov 2017
22:55

Zeynep Tufekci

We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads

Posted Oct 2017
7:34

Anjan Sundaram

Why I risked my life to expose a government massacre

Posted Oct 2017
19:48

Margrethe Vestager

The new age of corporate monopolies

Posted Oct 2017
13:28

Alexander Wagner

What really motivates people to be honest in business

Posted Sep 2017
12:43

Salil Dudani

How jails extort the poor

Posted Feb 2017
5:13

Trevor Timm

How free is our freedom of the press?

Posted May 2016
7:49

Robert Palmer

The Panama Papers exposed a huge global problem. What's next?

Posted Apr 2016
7:20

Boniface Mwangi

The day I stood up alone

Posted Apr 2015
13:44

Lawrence Lessig

The unstoppable walk to political reform

Posted Apr 2014
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