The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...

This video provides an overview of economics as a social science attempting to solve the central economic problem of scarcity versus unlimited human consumption. It discusses the different schools of economic thought - classical,...

Over the next couple decades, an unimaginable amount of wealth will be inherited from the Boomer generation... will you get any of it

The health of our economy is measured by a number of statistics, and the biggest is the Gross Domestic Product... but can it be trusted?

No Tax on Tips is one of the few issues that everyone seems to agree on... except economists!

The history of inflation in the United States shows that it often happens during wars, economic growth, or when there aren’t enough supplies. Since World War II, there have been six big periods of inflation caused by things like...

Inflation happens when money loses its value over time, making prices go up. This can happen in three main ways: demand-pull inflation (when people want more goods than are available), cost-push inflation (when it costs more to make...

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FT Transact - Ultra-low interest rates and cheap finance have driven a global house price boom and in New Zealand the house price to income ratio has topped that of many OECD nations. But as interest rates rise and prices dip, the...

The economic numbers look bleak, but the stock market is strangely optimistic... Has it lost touch with reality?

Price gouging during a crisis is universally frowned upon and punishable by law in most states... so why would economists say it's actually not a bad thing?

More trade tends to lead to more prosperity for a society. So everyone should favor completely free international trade, right? Well not exactly. Some economists promote protectionism, which restricts trade with other countries to...

How do we measure the health of an economy? The most common way is by looking at its gross domestic product, or GDP. But what does that mean exactly? Are there any limitations to this approach? What kind of goods are counted towards GDP?...

Wouldn't it be amazing if the government just gave you money every month, so that you didn't have to worry so much about rent and bills? Well this precise arrangement has been discussed among economists for centuries. It's called...

The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...

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...

Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.



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Thank you so muych for watching my videos. In this video I explore some arguments regarding why economics makes people selfish. I inlcuded several artciles about the subject below. Please feel free to read them over and let me know if...

FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu looks at what is needed to achieve a just transition to a low-carbon economy that safeguards public health and sustainable energy sources

The video is an introductory lecture on why economics is defined as a social science. The lecturer explains that economics is the study of individuals and their decision-making behavior and how those decisions affect the economy as a...

Economists argue over how the economy works or what is the best fiscal policy to recover from the current crisis. Sheila Dow looks behind the curtain of these debates; she seeks to find out why particular theories are being advanced,...

It’s common to hear economists derided for being overly theoretical. But University of Puget Sound’s Wade Hands cautions that empiricism without theory isn’t enough.<br/>

Professor Stephanie Seguino of the University of Vermont describes how inequality between men and women has driven economic growth, arguing that pursuing equality while growing the economy requires reframing social spending as a form of...