PBS
Unique Money Traditions from Around the World!
Take a tour around the world with us to see the variety of money customs from different cultures!
Curated Video
Necessary Evils?
Historian and Chinese Studies specialist Karl Gerth (UCSD) discusses how many of the problems currently besetting modern China were anticipated by Mao.
Curated Video
Elite Capture and Societal Inequality
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes two concerns that were as important in ancient Athens are they are today: elite capture and political inequality.
Curated Video
Spanish Exploration of the New World
Spanish Exploration of the New World investigates the Spanish exploration of the New World by researching details of travel and motivations.
Curated Video
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own?
Curated Video
Vice President
When you think of American tough guys, who springs to mind? Probably not the President. But two-term Commander-in-Chief Teddy Roosevelt was hard as nails.
Schooling Online
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby - Context
Ever heard of the phrase ‘life imitates art’? Well, in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s case, it was ‘art imitates life’! If you think The Great Gatsby is a wild tale, wait until you hear about Fitzgerald’s ride from rags to riches and back again!...
Schooling Online
Emily Dickinson - I Had Been Hungry, All The Years
If you’ve been an outsider for a long time, what happens when you’re suddenly included? If you’re used to getting by on very little, how does it feel to have an abundance of everything? In ‘I had been hungry, all the Years’, Emily...
Vlogbrothers
God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I
In which John discusses the causes of the French Revolution and its initial events, including the French debt crisis under King Louis XVI, the convocation of the estates general, the rise of the third estate, the formation of the...
Vlogbrothers
Is Poverty Necessary? Looking back at the Millennium Development Goals
In which John examines the progress of the UN's Millennium Development Goals over the last 15 years and looks ahead to the Global Goals. Can we live in a world where extreme poverty and undernourishment are rare? Are we closer to gender...
Vlogbrothers
What Can't a Billion Dollars Buy?
In which John discusses the strangeness of large numbers, and this year's Annual Letter from Melinda and Bill Gates. Other topics discussed include the human microbiome, the Green Revolution, the foreign aid budget in the United States,...
Weird History
Who Were The Knights Templar?
After Christian Europeans successfully seized Jerusalem from Islamic infidels during the Crusades of the Middle Ages, various entities originated in the Holy Land to exert influence over this contested region. One of these was the Order...
Curated Video
High Five Facts - Viking Clothes
This video explores five fun facts about Viking Clothes.
Curated Video
Hardwick Hall part 3: Debts and Death of Sir William Cavendish
Hardwick Hall has many unique architectural features, including a remarkable number of windows. These features were as much a statement about Bess' wealth as they were a design choice. After the death of her second husband, however, Bess...
Curated Video
Nefertiti and Akhenaten part 2: Religious Upheaval and Worship of Aten
Pharaoh Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti moved the capital of Egypt from Thebes to Akhataten (modern day Amarna) and introduced the worship of a single God, Aten - the sun disk. This replaced the old gods worshiped by the Egyptians for...
Professor Dave Explains
11 Types of Taxes: Sales, Income, Capital Gains, and More
We know that government spending is funded by taxes. But how are these taxes collected? What should be taxed? Essentially there are three types of taxes. Taxes on what you buy, taxes on what you own, and taxes on what you earn. But more...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
What Is Economics About? | How & How NOT to Do Economics with Robert Skidelsky
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 build their...
After Skool
The Greatest Secret Of The Rich
Often times it seems like the solution to all of our economic problems would be higher taxes on the rich. The thought is that taking money from the wealthiest people will somehow balance things out. Unfortunately, this theory has...
ACDC Leadership
Financial Assets and Money- Macro 4.1 and 4.3
Hey macroeconomics students! In this video I explain the three functions of money, how economists classify money, the difference between stocks and bonds, and the relationship between interest rates and bond prices. I know it’s heavy on...
Curated Video
Understanding Inequality, Poverty, and their Implications
This is an economics lesson on the topics of inequality and poverty. The instructor discusses the political sensitivity of these terms and how they are used interchangeably, but emphasizes the importance of carefully weighing the impact...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Kate Pickett - The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 7: The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
TLDR News
The UK's Income Inequality Crisis Explained
The UK has a rate of income inequality higher than most other nations. How much of an issue is the inequality, what is driving it and is it actually getting worse?
Jabzy
China's Copycat Culture - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about China's Copycat Culture
Amor Sciendi
The Arnolfini Marriage: Sacred to Secular
You'll see the Arnolfini Marriage in every art history text book. Historians love it because it illustrates a dynamic moment in European history.