How to make a profit while making a difference | Audrey Choi

Can global capital markets become catalysts for social change? According to investment expert Audrey Choi, individuals own almost half of all global capital, giving them (us!) the power to make a difference by investing in companies that champion social values and sustainability. "We have more opportunity today than ever before to make choices," she says. "So change your perspective. Invest in the change you want to see in the world." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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1. This is what it feels like to be brainwashed. This woman's either straight up lying or simply beyond deluded. Corporations are amoral institutions that are designed to be focused on returning a profit to shareholders. Whether it's profiting from refusal to respect the environment , hyper-exploitation of low-wage workers, or supplying dictators with weapons; large corporations will do anything regardless of the impact their actions have. For instance, why would a company care about paying a $50 million fine for polluting a river if it'd take them $75 million to properly dispose of waste?
2. Seems like bullshit propaganda to me.
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4. One of the best talks on TED. This video makes it easy to see how we do not need to reinvent capitalism to make the world safer for our children. The first step is to change our perception!
5. educate yourselves people - capitalism isnt bad unless it is run by greedy deceptive people. Capitalism isn't just a system run by governments, it's also a concept so go read the actual meaning of it instead of commenting who's right or left wing cause asking which wing just shows that you don't get this concept, or the entire TED talk at all.. Ironic how people who don't know the meaning of capitalism watch TED talks and attempt to try them.
6. The claim that "one third of capital belongs to individuals" is so vague as to be almost meaningless, but even if it is true, most of those individuals own only a small piece of that capital, with a few very wealthy individuals owning the rest.
7. I guessed she's Korean by her clothes!
8. The title should be: "How to make a diference and still make a profit".
9. Boring...
10. Jewish capitalism propaganda doesn't work
11. sweet porridge mmmm!
12. At 5:54 it shows 71% but the graphic itself is incorrect. This is more likely showing 78%. If you want to be smart while presenting on TED, make sure your graphics are correct. Just saying.
13. Didnt even have to watch to know the answer ... TEDtalks
14. Nice talk!
15. If you observe yourself while listening to this talk you will figure out if you are innately an optimist or pessimist.
16. This "talk" began with "I believe..." It mind not sound as catchy as "I believe..." but "Evidence suggests..." is a much more powerful statement and in the 21st century there is no real reason why we should not begin our speeches with "Evidence suggests..."
    Only problem is that this woman is factually incorrect... Capital's only purpose and reason for existing is to reproduce itself... The environmental issues she wants to address began with the drive for profit and will not be fixed with more drive for profit...
    I am not suspicious of her and consider her a propagandist...
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19. Thank you TED for having this weeks videos. Amazing how social change is really CHANGING the world. We need to embrace it and support change in people. Thank you! Keep it up.