ACDC Leadership
Production Possibilities Curve- Macro Topic 1.2 (Micro Topic 1.3)
In this video I explain how the production possibilities curve (PPC) shows scarcity, trade-offs, opportunity cost, and efficiency. This is the first graph you are going to learn in your economics class.
ACDC Leadership
Markets: Consumer and Producer Surplus- Micro Topic 2.6
In this episode I talk about how competitive markets allocate resources and consumer and producer surplus. I also talk about inefficiency and deadweight loss. Make sure to practice calculating CS, PS, and DWL
Bloomberg
Zombie Companies
Sonja Gibbs, Head of Sustainable Finance Institute of International Finance discusses the cause and effect of zombie companies, and weighs in on how companies can renegotiate debt. She also dives into the challenges facing emerging and...
Bloomberg
Stanford Sets the Pace for U.S. Business Schools
Nov.08 -- Stanford University took the honor of best U.S. business school in the 2018 Bloomberg Businessweek survey of 26,699 MBA students, alumni, and recruiters. Tom Barrack, founder, chief executive officer, and chairman at Colony...
Bloomberg
Moelis Asset CEO Sees More Pressure On Rates Amid Stimulus
Jan.14 -- Eric Felder, a veteran of the hedge fund industry, describes how he's viewing credit and equity markets in light of high valuations and investors' search for yield. Eric speaks with Bloomberg's Sonali Basak on 'Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
Northern Trust Asset Management President's Market Outlook
Jan.12 -- Northern Trust Asset Management is a global investment manager that helps investors navigate changing market environments. The President, Sundrawn Thomas gives his outlook days before a new US President takes office. He speaks...
Curated Video
AP interview with Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora
1. Wide of Mexican attorney general Eduardo Medina Mora arriving for interview
2. Medium of Medina Mora greeting reporters
3. Wide of Medina Mora and reporters seated at table
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Eduardo Medina Mora, Mexican...
Bloomberg
Why BNP Paribas Cut Its Gold Price Forecast
Jul.19 -- The Bloomberg Commodity Index has tumbled about 10 percent from a high in May amid mounting concerns that a trade war could derail global growth, curbing demand for everything from aluminum to soybeans. This week BNP Paribas...
Bloomberg
We Wouldn’t Buy Gold at These Levels, Says Legal & General’s Roe
Jul.18 -- John Roe, head of multi-asset funds at Legal & General Investment Management, discusses gold and what the world’s best currency to be holding for safety. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.”
Bloomberg
Investors Should Have Some Gold in Portfolios: Deutsche Bank’s Nolting
Jan.03 -- Christian Nolting, global chief investment officer at Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, discusses the outlook for gold in 2020. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe.”
ACDC Leadership
EconMovies 7: Anchorman (Efficiency and Market Failures)
How can performing cannonballs into a swimming pool help us to understand the concept of marginal analysis and efficiency? Check out this video, using clips from the movie Anchorman and informative instruction, to learn more about...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 19: Costs of Production and the Shutdown Decision
The 19th podcast of a 21-part series on economics focuses on the costs of production when running a business. Historians analyze the difference between fixed, explicit, and implicit costs. They use mathematical equations to find total...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 1: Opportunity Cost
The concept of opportunity cost challenges historians to analyze how some choices come at a loss in the opening lesson of a 21-part economic series. Podcasts offer insight into the subject of what a decision costs the consumer....
Crash Course
Revenue, Profits, and Price
Economists and accountants work with money every day, but their perspectives about that money can be very different. An informative video from Crash Course Economics explores basic elements of microeconomics, including economies of...
Crash Course
Intro to Economics
There's an opportunity cost to everything you do, but it's minimal when you're learning about an applicable topic like economics. Join the Crash Course team as they introduce a 35-part video series on economics and briefly address some...
Jacob Clifford
Economic Profit and Costs Review
What is the difference between the way an accountant calculates profit versus the way an economist calculates profit? Discover one take on the issue offered by Mr. Clifford, who reviews the concepts of explicit costs, implicit costs, and...
Jacob Clifford
Comparative Advantage: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
Walk your learners step-by-step through the process of creating a comparative advantage chart with a sample problem involving the production of cars and rice on a production possibilities curve.
Jacob Clifford
Production Possibilities Curve and Opportunity Cost
What happens when the resources used as part of a production possibilities curve are not easily adaptable to produce both goods? Watch as an economics instructor uses an example of an economy producing pizzas and robots in...
Investopedia
Investopedia: Economic Value Added Eva
Learn about this metric that measures a company's financial performance based on its residual wealth. [1:39]
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis Fed: Opportunity Cost: The Economic Lowdown Podcast Series, Episode 1
Economic Lowdown Podcast [5:42] introduces lessons on three fundamental economic concepts including choice, scarcity and opportunity cost.
The Economics of Seinfeld
Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Baby Shower
Economics lesson using hilarious clip [2:21] from Seingfeld season 2 episode in which students learn about cost-benefit analysis and the economics of crime in a humorous presentation.
The Economics of Seinfeld
Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Bottle Deposit
Hilarious clip [4:32] from Seinfeld episode, season 7, in which students will learn about opportunity cost, variable and fixed cost, and incentive when they decide to use Newman's mail truck to arbitrage empty bottles from New York to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Production Possibilities Frontier: Opportunity Cost
Opportunity cost (and marginal cost) based on the PPF. This is an direction of economics based on tradeoffs in an area of fixed resources. [5:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Marginal Utility and Budget Lines: Budget Line
Introduces the idea of a budget line for managing personal finances. [12:11]