Visual Learning Systems
Helping Us Work: What Is Work?
Everyday we do work, and most of the time we use tools to help us. This program begins by explaining what work is. The relationship between work and energy is then explored. Common examples of tools used to make work easier are...
The Business Professor
Understanding Normal Costing and its Relationship to Overhead Allocation
In this video, the concept of normal costing is explained as a means of allocating costs to a product, specifically focusing on overhead costs. The speaker discusses how a derived overhead rate is determined based on the driver of an...
Food Farmer Earth
A Successful Cherry Farmer's Toughest Challenge
Mike Omeg, of Omeg Orchards talks about the biggest challenge he faces as a large specialized cherry farmer in an industry that continues to rapidly evolve.
The Business Professor
Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act
In this video, we delve into the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a crucial federal law that safeguards the rights of employees in terms of wages and working hours. Join us as we explore the key aspects of the FLSA, such as its...
Independent Producers
Introduction to the Great Depression
During the Great Depression, high unemployment affected millions of Americans. In this audio story, people who lived through the depression as young people share their experiences of being out of work and hungry, and depending on...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Retirement Wealth Inequality Machine
Most older workers have increasingly fewer retirement options, forcing the elderly to continue to work under arduous conditions to earn income. At the same time, employers are less likely to hire elderly workers. The retirement wealth...
PBS
Why Do Women Give Birth Lying Down?
When it comes to giving birth, the first image that comes to mind is a woman lying down on her back, but this wasn't always the case. In fact the origin of the position we now most associate with women giving birth started as a procedure...
Bill Carmody
Determining the Value of Work Performed
In this video, Bill Carmody discusses the importance of determining the value of work performed in project management. This technique provides a financial measure of productivity and allows project managers to assess profitability and...
Amor Sciendi
Theaster Gates: What Art Can Do
An explanation and analysis of Theaster Gates. I discuss his Civil Rights Tapestries, the Stony Island Bank Project and more.
Healthcare Triage
Pregnancy Myths
We thought about doing myths about Moms, but that might get us in trouble. "Mothers-to-be" aren't as dangerous, at least not to any of us making these videos. So this week we present a whole bunch of pregnancy myths. It's amazing how...
ACDC Leadership
Short-Run Aggregate Supply- Macro Topic 3.3
In this short video I explain aggregate supply and the shifter of AS like resource prices, technology, and productivity. Make sure to answer the questions. Thanks for watching.
Step Back History
The Anarchists of the Spanish Civil War
This month is the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Civil War is In many ways a dark prologue to the conflict that will engulf Europe and the world in 1939. Many remember The Spanish Civil War as a...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Prosperity for All
How do we make economic development work for everyone? William Easterly (Professor of Economics @New York University and Co-director @NYU DRI) discusses the critical successes and failures of nations in the evolving global economy.
The Wall Street Journal
Dissecting the Covid Rebound
As the economy in the U.S. roars back to life, businesses are facing very different challenges and opportunities depending on their sector. How are businesses adapting to the post-Covid world? Jonathan Lavine of Bain Capital breaks it down.
The Wall Street Journal
The American Agenda for Business
The election of 2020 could change the political party in power, the national agenda, and the landscape for business. Here's what the Democrats want to get done - from trade to regulation to taxation to a resolution of impeachment...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Centralization vs Decentralization
What is centralization vs decentralization in management and authority? This video looks at both organizational structures to compare and contrast them.The video briefly discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Who was? Frances Perkins
Find out how Frances Perkins helped guide the United States out of the Great Depression.
TLDR News
Does "Levelling Up" Actually Mean Anything? - TLDR News
Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks a lot about "levelling up" a lot - with it being a favourite topic at yesterdays Conservative Party conference. The issue is that it's hard to tell what it actually means, besides being a pretty...
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - The Compromise Of 1850 And The Fugitive Slave Act
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
Curated Video
Methods of Production: Understanding the Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Production Models
In this lecture presentation, the different methods of production that businesses can use to increase efficiency and productivity are discussed. The three stages of the production process are explained as organization, combinations, and...
History Hit
Protest, Spirit of the People: What was going on
What were the two things happening in the 1960's? How did the youth feel about Wilson at the time? Protest, Spirit of the People, Part 1
The Business Professor
Product Cost Components
The components of product cost include direct and indirect costs, including materials, labor, overhead, and consumption.
The March of Time
1952: DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE: Senators Estes Kefauver & Richard B. Russell sitting side by side, SOT talking about Labor legislation, MS Two unidentified men, Kefauver saying Russell voted against Full Employment Act, Russell arguing.
MOT 1952: DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DEBATE: Senators Estes Kefauver & Richard B. Russell sitting side by side, SOT talking about Labor legislation, MS Two unidentified men, Kefauver saying Russell voted against Full Employment Act,...