John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer

http://www.ted.com John Gerzema says there's an upside to the recent financial crisis -- the opportunity for positive change. Speaking at TEDxKC, he identifies four major cultural shifts driving new consumer behavior and shows how businesses are evolving to connect with thoughtful spending.

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[bobojr456]

this guy throws around a bunch of random statistics and mislead you...for example

gun sales are up due to fear that the obama administration will bring gun control...has nothing to do with the recession.

[audiowiz]

Freakonomics gave too many people the idea to creatively interpret statistics on the whim of an idea. Real analysis requires broad, indepth research. This talk does not have it

[crudhousefull]

@161803 I'm not a nationalist lol. Can't help see how brainwashed and bloodthirsty US/NATO/UN are though. Look at what they are doing in the Middle East. Talk to most Asians and they will be against them. Also, look at Africa...the only contient that didn't kick out the white people...you'll find the only countries with negative GDP growths

[161803]

@crudhousefull what an curious reading of myself, history, et cetera you have cultivated. while i was merely attempting to point out a factual error, i think i should take time to observe how petty nationalists in developing countries can be: india's aircraft carrier, argentinian "malvinas," and even greece has its former republic of macedonia fixation. i'm not a nationalist, not racist, and not in the way of the third world developing. no alexander the great statues here

[crudhousefull]

@161803 Enjoy the next couple of decades you white bastard. You sure as hell will not be enjoying your fall when Asian economies overtake you then, and it'll be even more 'uncomfortable' when our per capita incomes increase over western ones in the mid 2040s. You'd think that after raping the world for 300 years, you bastards would at least leave it alone...but no...still trying the same old tactics over and over again

[crudhousefull]

@161803 LOL so the internet troll finally did some proper research. Good for you. What I can't believe is that white bastards like yourself can actually talk about countries that started developing only after de-colonization (just 60 years since then!), and try to STOP the development LOL. 'China has more people' HAHAHA...try four times as much retard, and please share with the world how many coal plants the US has planned for this year, selfish, stingy bastards.

[161803]

@crudhousefull wikipedia states the US generates 50% of electricity from coal compared to China's 68%. Clean energy (solar+wind+hydro+nuclear) is a higher fraction in the US than in China. China is building a new coal power plant every 3 days. China is easily the biggest CO2 emitter. Yes, they have more people, but I'm merely addressing a specific assertion here and not passing judgement on any of this.

[crudhousefull]

@161803 It doesn't produce 45% of the world pollution. This guy said that the cars in the US produced it too, so it's even more ridiculous. Just arguing against the 'China is the main polluter theory' that media tries to publicize. China leads in air power and has invested the most in alternative energy research, which should be embarassing for the US, but it isn't, it continues to try to wage a propaganda war. (I'm Sri Lankan, but really perplexed why Chinese don't stick up more)

[161803]

@crudhousefull the US is <25% of global economy, so a figure of 45% of pollution is nonsense (the US is *relatively* efficient in $GDP/joule, with a large services economy). US consumption of Chinese products doesn't explain it either--net US imports from China is only 2% of US GDP.

[crudhousefull]

Hans Rosling would die from the lack of data lol. But I think that he's got a lot of good insight (though maybe a little too optimistic)

[crudhousefull]

@161803 China's pollution is just a fraction of the US pollution. The US produces 60% of its electricity using coal power and is continuing to build coal power plants. Things mass media doesn't stress too much huh?