Videos

Mother Jones editor Michael Mechanic looked at the lives of the extremely rich and argued that their lifestyles harm society. This virtual event was hosted by Bookshop Santa Cruz.

Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, took viewer phone calls about technology and the economy at the 23rd annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Rana Foroohar talked about her book, Makers and Takers: The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, about the dominance of the financial sector in America today.

Participants spoke about government and private use of online technology. Among the topics they addressed were computer security issues, privacy and governmental transparency, and public-pri…

Carl Malamud spoke about information gathering and retention, government transparency, and using new technology to improve government performance.

Peter Levin and Thor Muller spoke about changes in the Veterans Affairs Department to make it more customer friendly and address the needs of veterans. Thor Muller talked about his customer …

Several interviews were shown from the GOV 2.0 Expo. The Expo features experts interested in using technology to promote a more open government. Mr. O’Reilly discussed the goal of the confer…

Guests were interviewed during the first ever Gov 2.0 Summit, held in Washington, D.C., in September 2009. Guests included Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and …