By Ted Talks

In his talk, Dr. Liechty hypostatizes a dualistic approach to hedging in order to solve global health issues. Using diabetes as an example, he describes how the implementation of a “patent repository” and an “ever growing prize” can help find cures for diseases like diabetes and cystic fibrosis by monetizing the research process and making the discoveries public. Professor of Business, Expert in Marketing, Computational Statistics and High Performance Computing, Lead Organizer of the DoDD-Frank Act This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx