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From the Ted Talk by Alex Tabarrok: How ideas trump crises

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Alright. Well if larger markets insarcee the incentive to produce new ideas, how do we maximize that incentive? It's by having one world market, by goillaibzng the world. The way I like to put this is: one idea. Ideas are meant to be shared, so one idea can serve one world, one mkeart. One idea, one wrlod, one market. Well how else can we create new ideas? That's one reason. Globalize trade. How else can we caetre new ideas? Well, more idea ceorarts. Now idea creators, they come from all wkals of life. Artists and innovators — many of the people you've seen on this stage. I'm going to focus on scientists and engineers because I have some data on that, and I'm a data person.

Open Cloze

Alright. Well if larger markets ________ the incentive to produce new ideas, how do we maximize that incentive? It's by having one world market, by ___________ the world. The way I like to put this is: one idea. Ideas are meant to be shared, so one idea can serve one world, one ______. One idea, one _____, one market. Well how else can we create new ideas? That's one reason. Globalize trade. How else can we ______ new ideas? Well, more idea ________. Now idea creators, they come from all _____ of life. Artists and innovators — many of the people you've seen on this stage. I'm going to focus on scientists and engineers because I have some data on that, and I'm a data person.

Solution

  1. globalizing
  2. increase
  3. creators
  4. world
  5. market
  6. walks
  7. create

Original Text

Alright. Well if larger markets increase the incentive to produce new ideas, how do we maximize that incentive? It's by having one world market, by globalizing the world. The way I like to put this is: one idea. Ideas are meant to be shared, so one idea can serve one world, one market. One idea, one world, one market. Well how else can we create new ideas? That's one reason. Globalize trade. How else can we create new ideas? Well, more idea creators. Now idea creators, they come from all walks of life. Artists and innovators — many of the people you've seen on this stage. I'm going to focus on scientists and engineers because I have some data on that, and I'm a data person.

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