TED Talks
Thomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century
French economist Thomas Piketty caused a sensation in early 2014 with his book on a simple, brutal formula explaining economic inequality: r > g (meaning that return on capital is generally higher than economic growth). Here, he talks...
TED Talks
Joseph Nye: Global power shifts
Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000-foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and "soft" power shifts and moves around the globe.
Bozeman Science
Logistic Growth
Paul Andersen explains how populations eventually reach a carrying capacity in logistic growth. He begins with a brief discussion of population size ( N ), growth rate ( r ) and exponential growth. He then explains how density dependent...
Bozeman Science
Exponential Growth
Paul Andersen explains how populations experience exponential. He begins by address the major players; N (population size) and r (growth rate). He models population growth in rabbits through four generations. He then shows you how to use...
Be Smart
What This Chart Actually Means for COVID-19
Stay informed. Stay cautious, but not scared. Listen to scientists and public health officials and follow their guidance. By protecting yourself, you’re protecting the most vulnerable among us. Together we can flatten the curve on...
Bozeman Science
Fishing
In this video Paul Andersen explains how various techniques have been used for years to collect seafood. Commercial fishing has led to overfishing in certain areas and species due to the tragedy of the commons. An explanation of...
Bozeman Science
Human Population Dynamics
In this video Paul Andersen explores population dynamics of the human population. The population has show exponential growth since the industrial revolution and all countries will eventually move through the demographic transition. If...
MinutePhysics
How To Tell If We're Beating COVID-19
This video is a collaboration with Aatish Bhatia about how to see the COVID-19 tipping point - we present a better way to graph COVID-19 coronavirus cases using a logarithmic scale in "phase space" - plotting the growth rate against the...
Bozeman Science
r and K selection
Paul Andersen explains the differences between an r and a K selected species. He starts with a brief description of population growth noting the importance of; r or growth rate, N or number of individuals in the population, and K the...
Bozeman Science
Population Ecology
In this video Paul Andersen explains how population ecology studies the density, distribution, size, sex ration, and age structure of populations. Intrinsic growth rate and exponential growth calculations are included along with a...
Curated Video
Introduction to FinTech Using R - A Qualitative Discussion on Growth Strategy
This video explains a qualitative discussion on growth strategy. This clip is from the chapter "Asset Pricing" of the series "Introduction to FinTech Using R".This section explains asset pricing.
Curated Video
Introduction to FinTech Using R - The Last Bow
In this video, we are going to talk about how to build a web-based application so that we can come up with a software platform for clients to use. We are going to use R Shiny, which has a front-end and back-end. The front-end is coded...
Curated Video
Introduction to FinTech Using R - A Growth Strategy
Today we are going to talk about one of the most famous quant strategies out there: Growth Strategy. We are going to code this strategy by hand, and we are going to land on a performance comparison to see why this strategy is attractive....
Curated Video
Introduction to FinTech Using R - An AI-Driven Strategy
In this video, we will look at an AI-driven strategy. This clip is from the chapter "Asset Pricing" of the series "Introduction to FinTech Using R".This section explains asset pricing.
The Business Professor
Earning Capitalization Method - Business Valuation
What is the Earnings Capitalization Method of Business Valuation? The capitalized earnings method consists of calculating the value of a company by discounting future profits with a capitalization rate adjusted to the determining date...
The Business Professor
Value of Dividends Method - Business Valuation
What is the Value of Dividends Method of Business Valuation? This method relies on the idea that a stock is only worth what it will provide to investors in future dividends. If a business does not currently distribute dividends, the...
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...
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.
Curated Video
The Impact of Multinational Corporations on the World Economy
In this video lecture, the impact of multinational corporations on the global economy is discussed. It defines what multinational corporations are and provides examples of companies that fit the definition. The video discusses the...
Curated Video
Exponential Decay: Understanding the Formula and Solving Problems
This is a lesson on exponential decay, which is the opposite of exponential growth. The presenter explains that exponential decay occurs when the growth rate is negative and provides examples of how to calculate the values of a and b in...
TLDR News
£222 Billion: The Cost of Brexit So Far? - Brexit Explained
In the last few weeks, there have been a number of articles and posts claiming that Brexit has cost the UK more since the referendum than all of the membership fees it's ever paid the EU. As much as that might be an appealing argument to...
Financial Times
Charts That Count: sovereign debt is protein, not dessert
Brendan Greeley says economists have started talking more openly about sovereign debt. For example, if a country's nominal growth rate is higher than its cost of debt, it might make sense to borrow.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Ottmar Edenhofer: Managing the Global Commons 4/5
Ottmar Edenhofer, Designated Director, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) at the panel entitled "Managing the Global Commons: Growth, Inequality, and New Thinking for Sustainable Economics" at the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How China's Economy Actually Works
Professor Chenggang Xu (Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business) explains what the world commonly misunderstands about Chinese economic growth and reform.