George Soros Lecture Series: Financial Markets Q&A

Open Society Foundations chairman and founder George Soros shares his latest thinking on economics and politics in a five-part lecture series recorded at Central European University, October 26-30, 2009. The lectures are the culmination of a lifetime of practical and philosophical reflection.
Soros discusses his general theory of reflexivity and its application to financial markets, providing insights into the recent financial crisis. The third and fourth lectures examine the concept of open society, which has guided Soros's global philanthropy, as well as the potential for conflict between capitalism and open society. The closing lecture focuses on the way ahead, examining the increasingly important economic and political role that China will play in the future.
Learn more and watch the lecture series: www.opensocietyfoundations.org...

[@investireocaminho33]

"If the markets were always efficient,i would be begging money on the streets" Warren Bufett

[@MrJustforthelols]

excellent quote

[@meltingEyeballs]

Those who believe in the efficient market hypotheses are either bankrupt or teaching in universities while those who don't are making a living from the market. Those who haven't even heard of it are truly making a killing. :)

[@rhythmandacoustics]

Or severely losing.

[@timothyspence9009]

"Washington DC politicians Diaper master, George Soros Palpatine is" " being a hand puppet master has it's moments"

[@AlvaSudden]

George speaks starting at 8:41. The other man's remarks may be skipped without a thought.

[@sbtopjosh7841]

Lol

[@nickbraunfam]

Couldnt agree more, wish he would just shut the $%^& up

[@LDacic]

Nonsense. The "Complex systems are always said to be operating just at the edge of chaos" line alone was worth going through the entire introductory remarks.

[@scramjet4610]

Thank you!

[@_N0_0ne]

Thank you

[@alexanderdushkin8246]

Meanwhile, introduction words were great!

[@reinerwilhelms-tricarico344]

Nobody asked why the common folks who lost their job and home were not bailed out.

[@marksherrill9337]

Correct. The banks got their money and the house.

[@goodhathacker8405]

wow doctor kelso did very well outside of the scrubs series

[@jeffreycliff922]

@56:30 He was right...sort of. The DJIA went up, but only because the value of the US dollar started to get massively inflated around 2009. But these kinds of predictions about the present are really hard to measure because of this restructuring of the world of finance, and in particular, the uncoupling of this world from the real world of goods and services that has occurred this decade.

[@bluewrenreilly129]

33.42 Sociology dept. asks interesting question.

[@durgabahadurpun6754]

Hi sir

[@shayakanime18]

A " global financial market hawk" in the sky. Intelligent granny... George.

[@sorsorsor11]

He and the founder if interactive brokers are also from Hungary wth

[@culturehorse]

But Peterfy is not a subversive leftist crapweasel.

[@thirty-four7497]

@@culturehorse you think he is a leftist, 😂

[@albertpacaj6871]

When you touch the moneny so you do not but the second one infect you

[@krinkle909]

Remove the word "always" and you might actually get somewhere...

[@patriciadebarros789]

Anche i pesci..come #Chirac..quelli partiti con Gesù....fanno bubble bubble 🦈🐬🐋🐳🐟👽🛸

[@patriciadebarros789]

Bubble bubble🌐👾🔮🔵🔴⚪⚫

[@hankigoe8615]

9:30 'you have to assume you won't achieve it in order to achieve it'/liar paradox

[@gurumania1982]

Let's be honest.Mr. Soros is a smart and intellectual man with a huge amount of money.He can understand "what the hell is going on?" in this world.I applaud this.

[@ivolgafly]

Fuck you. He is a corrupt piece of shit.

[@dannytadashi4235]

@@ivolgafly agreed 😁😁👍👍🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

[@sotrue2976]

Listening to George soros won't be a thing for much longer

[@therealzeon]

Why's that?

[@georgefontes1306]

MY QUESTION FOR THIS BRILLIANT/YET LIKELY PSYCHOPATHIC MAN MIGHT BE... "HOW TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HAVING THE INCENTIVE TO CREATE A CRISIS FOR THE SAKE OF IMMENSE PROFIT WITHOUT ROBBING PEOPLE OF THEIR EARNINGS AND LIBERTIES?" MAYBE IT WOULD BETTER NOT TO GIVE THIS MAN ANY IDEAS.

[@UnknownMoses]

We need a STOP SOROS bill in the United States

[@bleacherz7503]

Moron

[@timothyspence9009]

"Being a diaper 🧷 master,has it's moments for George Soros, in Washington DC politicians USA 😎!"

[@BenyaminTieh]

It would appear I am the first viewer. Thats a first! :)

[@timturner9407]

The biggest threat to all free people around the world.

[@sbtopjosh]

i find it perplexing that he needs a retelling of questions in a different way in order to understand the question. i mean he is a billionaire hedge fund manager who made money from interpreting complex data and information.

[@numidianking9759]

+sbtopjosh because you will contradict reality as the looser you are (in case then).

[@Agdgjfjfkttgkv]

he's old

[@mrmegabuckssongs]

Sounds like you're just bitching

[@MrJustforthelols]

a lot of the questions were just simply, stupidly put. That's all.

[@georgalem3310]

+ he has hearing issues

[@zyulkyarzyulkyarov9682]

Faritails for the people ...

[@devdasshegde2799]

India is not his father's property.

[@pratikgore6536]

Dude stop thinking everything is about India. People like you are embarrassing

[@TheDefector007]

www.GlobalistAgenda.org If the open society is such a good idea why Soros all the initiatives houses are built far away from the cities and they are surrounded by walls and securities? or peohaps is they like to dictate the who world like the Betix said the UN leaders and their families are treated diferently from the ordinary people, Jus how N.Koraen leaders live on peoples swet.

[@shushanto]

@John 316: Your sentences make no sense whatsoever. Please refrain from writing public comments until you've learned the basics of english grammar. Thankyou.

[@jamesdelk8926]

Feminism caused by him too

[@TheDefector007]

@@shushanto Only God can judge

[@jimelias5046]

Is this "reflexivity" thing in the same stratum with the "objectivism" thing, made up by another amateur philosopher? It's funny how winning in the market casino entitles you to one philosophy license! Any consolation prizes for the casino loosers? And the casino owners? Do they get an honorary degree in philosophy?

[@BuyTheDip627]

Jim Elias the market is not akin to gambling. Stop being a democrat.

[@jameskaye9729]

Reflexivity is nothing to do with objectivism??

[@MrJustforthelols]

You clearly didn't understand the theory. Philosophy is the 'love of knowledge' i.e. trying to understand reality. You can objectively measure Soros' understanding of reality in that he has empirically proved out his hypothesis time and time again to make him one of the most successful financiers in history, so no, there is no reward for being wrong about reality.

[@SHIVANJAY619]

Soros literally has a real phd from london school of economics if i remember correctly. He is more than qualified to be a philosopher , being an investor and making billions consistently over several decades requires one to have a great command on the reality of this world and the underlying philosophy of it

[@jimelias5046]

@@SHIVANJAY619 Was that B.C., or A.D. ?