Mediacorp
From Opium to Opportunity: The Transformation of Doi Tung
This video explains how the shift from large scale opium farms to the production of coffee beans gives locals the opportunity to make money legally. The Heart of ASEAN: episode 5, part 1/8
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.
Financial Times
What cabbage inflation tells us about the Russian economy
The FT's Moscow bureau chief Henry Foy explains how the price of the humble cruciferous vegetable reflects the economic landscape.
Economics Explained
The Economy of South Africa
South Africa is an economy that is really important to understand as a kind of potential outcome case study of inequality gone bad. The nation itself, on paper at least is not so terrible, it is actually one of if not the wealthiest...
Mediacorp
The Challenge of Finding Love in India's Imbalanced Gender Ratio
This video explores the consequences of the traditional patriarchal system in India, where men vastly outnumber women in certain areas. Through interviews with single men in a town with a skewed sex ratio, the video highlights the...
NPR
Working While Homeless
People who are homeless are often stereotyped as not having a job and living on the street. But many working people do not have a stable home of their own because they cannot afford it. They may live with friends or family temporarily,...
Mr. Beat
Boston and Philadelphia Compared
Boston and Philadelphia. Or...Beantown and The City of Brotherly Love. Two major east coast cities in the United States, both part of the Northeast Megalopolis (echo) (mwhahahahahaha) a part of the country that contains more than 17...
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
Guardians of the Sea: Protecting the Verde Island Passage
This video focuses on the efforts of local Filipinos to reduces the amount of illegal fishing. The Heart of ASEAN: episode 4, part 11/11
Mediacorp
Exploring Patriarchy in Modern India
In this video, the narrator explores the deeply patriarchal society of Haryana, a region in northern India. Through an encounter with a progressive leader of a caste-based council, the video sheds light on the challenges faced by women...
Professor Dave Explains
Structuring of Wages and Minimum Wage
What are wages? How are they structured? What is a minimum wage? Is it a good or bad thing? Anyone who is now or will ever be employed will want to know about this stuff, so give it a watch!
TLDR News
Why is America's Minimum Wage So Low - TLDR News
Recently the debate about minimum wage has emerged in the US once again, with Biden wanting to see the wage rise to $15 an hour (more than doubling the current rate). So in this video, we discuss this debate as well as why America's...
ACDC Leadership
Which country has the worst economy?
Which is worse? Tuvalu has the lowest GDP, Burundi has the lowest GDP per capita, Venezuela has massive inflation and long lines for basic necessities, and the economy of North Korea is...well, broken. What do you think? Which country...
Science360
Emotional Brain - Mysteries of the Brain
For years, researchers have struggled to understand how emotions are formed and processed by the brain. Now, neuroscientist Kevin LaBar and his graduate students at Duke University are using a virtual reality room to study how the brain...
Healthcare Triage
TANF, Cash Assistance, and How Work Requirements Effect Poverty Relief
Last week we talked about different ways to promote work in safety net programs: incentives or carrots, like the Earned Income Tax Credit and disincentives or sticks like work requirements. Policy makers have tried out work requirements...
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?
Mediacorp
The Role of Black Soldier Fly Larvae in Singapore
This video focuses on urban farming and sustainable agriculture in Singapore.
The Heart of ASEAN: episode 5, part 8/8
Institute of Art and Ideas
Does society need centralised government?
Few take anarchism and the abandonment of organised government as a viable political goal.æYet in economics, capitalism is just such a leaderless anarchic system. Might a radically decentralised political system be more credible than we...
The Economist
Can poverty ever be eradicated?
Poverty rates have fallen faster in the past 30 years than at any other time on record. This is a remarkable achievement, but one in five people in developing countries still live on less than $1.90 a day. The UN wants to eradicate...
Healthcare Triage
Food Stamps, Hunger, and How Nutrition Assistance Works
There is a lot of evidence that not getting enough to eat has a negative effect on health and well-being. So, what are we going to do about it. Today, we're talking about some programs that work to help people get the nutrition they need...
Makematic
UN Global Goal 1: No Poverty (Ages 5 - 11)
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty for younger students
Makematic
Take Action for No Poverty (Ages 5 - 11)
Young student explains how young people are taking action on Global Goal 1: No Poverty
Makematic
UN Global Goal 1: No Poverty (Ages 11 - 17)
Short animation explaining UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty for teenage students