Brainwaves Video Anthology
Camille Z. Charles - Racial Inequality
Camille Zubrinsky Charles is Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Education, and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Tax the Rich
"Patriotic people pay taxes." Morris Pearl talks with Rob Johnson about his new book, and the vision of his organization: Patriotic Millionaires.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
One Dollar. One Vote. [Emmanuel Saez]
Inequality is destroying our society. While taxation is meant to organize resources for the public good, our current tax system serves only the few. When wealth is consolidated, elections are bought, and democracy dies.
Jabzy
Viking Invasion of England - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Viking Invasion of England
Economics Explained
Can An Economy Grow Forever? part 3: Industrial Revolution
Can An Economy Grow Forever part 3/4: The video discusses the concept of industrial revolutions and how they have shaped human innovation over the centuries.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Who Picked the Pockets of America’s Households?
The 2008 financial meltdown wiped out what was left of the savings of millions of American families, but Professor Edward Wolff says decades of income inequality had set the stage for the collapse of their household wealth.
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: Ancient African weaponary and crafts
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
Curated Video
Money Money Money - Top Idioms In English
Let's talk about money. I'm going to share the 20 top idioms in English relating to money.
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: Ancient African fashion was also it's currency
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
After Skool
Does More Money Equal More Happiness?
Psychologists have discovered that there are essentially 2 types of happiness, Extrinsic and Intrinsic. Extrinsic, focuses on money/material wealth, image and status. Happiness derived from these external sources result in a short-lived...
After Skool
End of the American Dream: Wealth Inequality Explained in 2-Minutes
This video is NOT suggesting that we punish those who have worked hard to achieve success. It is trying to point out a major flaw in the system. If an entire student body fails a class, then something must be wrong. The teacher isn't...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Clothes Did Rich Vikings Wear?
This video is answering the question of what clothes did rich Vikings wear.
Economics Explained
The Student Debt Crisis: Explained
Student loans are financial tools that have been put in place to give promising individuals the ability to get an education and increase their potential for future earnings with a strong professional career. On a nationwide level having...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Saving Retirement [Teresa Ghilarducci]
Is America facing a retirement crisis? Teresa Ghilarducci, Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research says yes, but that we can still save retirement. In this episode of INET...
Mediacorp
Decoding Social Class
This video focuses on how one determines their social class, what makes a class marker, labels and stereotypes and how they are formed. Regardless of Class part 3/8
Curated Video
Should we tax the rich more?
Taxation is necessary in order to provide public services like roads, education and health care. But as the world's elderly population grows, and the demand for public services increases, countries will need to reassess how they tax....
The Economist
Mapping poverty in America
America is the richest country in the world, but it also has one of the biggest divides between rich and poor. What can a zip code reveal about inequality?
Mazz Media
Government
This live-action video program is about the word government. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word government through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
The Economist
Was Karl Marx right?
On the 200th anniversary of his birth Karl Marx remains surprisingly relevant. He rightly predicted some of the pitfalls of capitalism, but his solution was far worse than the disease.
KnowMo
The Limits of Correlation: Understanding Causation and Making Predictions
The video is a lecture on the limits of correlation in statistics. The speaker discusses the importance of being careful when interpreting correlations and emphasizes that correlation does not infer causation. The video covers topics...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Is democracy incoherent?
We believe democracy leads to a fairer world. Yet almost all governments claim to be democratic including China, Russia and Syria. And 50 years after the abolition of hanging, UK polls still show a majority in favour. Is democracy...