Crash Course
Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics
This week, Adriene and Jacob teach you about macroeconomics. This is the stuff of big picture economics, and the major movers in the economy. Like taxes and monetary policy and inflation and policy. We need this stuff, because if you...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich | Soraya Field Fiorio
In 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldn't be higher: would the earth run out of resources to sustain a growing human population? They bet $200 on the price of five metals. If the price of a...
Crash Course
Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China: Crash Course World History 230
In which John Green teaches you about the end of World History, and the end of the world as we know it, kind of. For the last hundred years or so, it seemed that one important ingredient for running an economically successful country was...
Crash Course
Social Mobility: Crash Course Sociology
Today we’re exploring social mobility in some more depth. We’ll look at intergenerational and intragenerational mobility and the difference between absolute and relative mobility. We’ll go over the long run upward social mobility trends...
Let's Tute
Role of RBI and Banks
In this session we will understand the role of reserve bank of India (RBI)and Role of banking in nation building. In the role of RBI as a regulator of the bank are i) Licensing and Autherization ii) Prudential regulations iii)...
Wonderscape
The Roaring Twenties and the Lead-Up to the Great Depression
This video explores the Roaring Twenties in the United States, a time of economic growth, technological advancements, and cultural change. Viewers will learn how the prosperity of the 1920s set the stage for the Great Depression, as...
Curated Video
Rebuilding Europe: The Marshall Plan and Its Impact
This video provides a detailed historical account of the Marshall Plan, a landmark initiative aimed at rebuilding Europe after the devastation of World War II. The narration outlines the background, implementation, and impacts of the...
Economics Explained
The $6.5 Trillion Dollar Problem Nobody Notices
There's a massive cost that every developed economy has to deal with that nobody talks about... Infrastructure maintenance. It sounds boring but all of those developments that governments love to talk up can end up costing a fortune to...
Economics Explained
The Tragic Reality of Brain Drain on Poor Countries
The phenomenon of brain drain is when the best and brightest workers from poor countries immigrate to rich countries in the pursuit of higher pay and living conditions. This can hinder the development of poor countries because many of...
Economics Explained
The Economic Megathreats That the World Has No Answers To | Economics Explained with Dr. Roubini
Economist Nouriel Roubini discusses potential Economic Megathreats including the end of globalization, easy money leading to stagflation, the growing debt crisis, AI's threat to worker and consumer-based economies, and climate change....
Hip Hughes History
Right to Work Laws: Lions, Tigers and Unions. Oh My!
With Michigan soon to become the 25th state to adopt "Right to Work" laws it about time you understood them. My Johnny Cash Teacher attempt to Walk the Line and do some explain'
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Roundtable on Federal Government Engagement in Standards
Recorded Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011, at the Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Department of Commerce and NIST hosted a moderated panel discussion about what role the government should play in standards development and use and how...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Launch of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace
The Obama Administration released the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) on April 15, 2011 during a meeting with about 250 business, government, and other leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington,...
Professor Dave Explains
How Governments Support Economic Growth
Now that we have discussed several types of economies with varying degrees of government involvement, it's time to get a closer look at a government's role in economic growth. It is possible for governments to both promote and hinder...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Alternative Theories of Economic Growth and Inflation [Segment 8]
Taught by John Smithin Assisted by Fredrick Zhou There are two alternative views about how to promote economic growth. We develop two generic growth equations, each including the trade balance, the primary budget deficit, and the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
What Is Economics About? | How & How NOT to Do Economics with Robert Skidelsky
Why did economists largely fail to predict the 2008-09 financial crisis? In the first lecture in his INET series, “How and How Not to do Economics,” Robert Skidelsky looks at a neglected cause: methodology. The way economists build their...
Curated Video
Understanding the Circular Flow of Income in Economics
The video discusses the circular flow of income and how it provides a basic framework for understanding how economic systems work. The interaction between producers and consumers is explained. The importance of achieving economic growth...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Gender Equality Works for Everyone.
According to Colorado State Professor Elissa Braunstein, macroeconomics has a habit of misunderstanding and even misrepresenting labor. As a result, we see increased gender conflict and structural inequalities in the labor force....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Tackling the Energy & Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century
How well do our assumptions about the global challenges of energy, environment and economic development fit the facts? That is a question with which Professor Michael Grubb, Chair of Energy and Climate Policy at the Cambridge University...
Healthcare Triage
Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
Curated Video
Environmental Functions and Models in Economics
This video discusses the environmental functions and models used in economics to evaluate the effects of economic activity and growth on the environment. The three main functions of the environment are explained as a provider of...
The Wall Street Journal
Maintaining U.S. Competitiveness in Technology Innovation
America's Frontier Fund's Edlyn Levine and Murray Hill Group's Mike Burns discuss the outlook for U.S. semiconductor production and its impact on technology innovation.
Financial Times
Crunched: is economic growth fuelling climate change?
FT data journalists Federica Cocco and John Burn-Murdoch look at the numbers behind George Monbiot's argument that pressures for GDP growth of 3 per cent are in conflict with the drastic changes needed to prevent the worst impacts of...
The Wall Street Journal
Opinion Debates: Can the economy return to 3% growth?
Watch WSJ Editorial Board members Paul Gigot and Mary O'Grady, columnist William Galston, and contributors Jason Furman and Arthur Laffer, have a lively discussion on the importance of economic growth in America in 2018.