The Business Professor
Justification for Recognizing Property Rights
This Video Explains Justification for Recognizing Property Rights
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Amir Herzberg: Cyber Security & Centralized Data, What Could Go Wrong?
A global watchdog has sounded the alarm about the growing danger of cyber attacks, on financial markets, warning that firms and regulators around the world need to address the “uneven” response to the threat of online assaults. And...
Curated Video
Understanding Merit and Demerit Goods: Definitions, Causes, and Value Judgments
This video discusses the concepts of merit and demerit goods in economics. The presenter defines both terms and explains why these goods can be under or over provided by the market.
ACDC Leadership
(Old Version) Macro 2.3- Unemployment and Natural Rate of Unemployment- AP Macro
Mr. Clifford's explanation of frictional, structural, and cyclical unemployment and the natural rate of unemployment. Remember that "full employment" is not 0% unemployment. Even a normal health economy will experience frictional and...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Harvey - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
Hurricane Harvey rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, before making landfall in Texas, as one the strongest hurricanes there in over 50 years. The high wind quickly faded after landfall, but the rain continued as the storm...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sami Nassim - Multiculturalism
Dr. Sami Nassim is a social scientist who has conducted research on the retention and successes of minority and international students on college campuses. Dr. Nassim is the founding Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs at...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Dorian - The Meteorology, and the Impact on Society
Hurricane Dorian was the most powerful storm known ever to hit the Bahamas. Dorian remained over the northern Bahamas for more than two days as a category five storm. It tied for the second most powerful hurricane in the Atlantic as it...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Social Capital Theory
Social capital theory, including Robert Putnam's and Pierre Bourdieu's view, has important business implications for leaders. In essence, social capital is a term that describes the power of relationships, the value found in relationship...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Women, Finance & Society
Since the onset of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, there has been much debate about reforming the financial sector and improving the accountability of its major actors. In fact, many of the principals involved in creating the mess...
The Art Assignment
When Art Breaks the Law
This week Sarah breaks down why The Art Assignment sign-off cannot be "Please Don't Break the Law," and discusses artists Ai Weiwei and Pussy Riot who have broken the law for good reasons. What should our sign off be?
Institute for New Economic Thinking
David Tuckett - The Human Element: Reinserting People into Finance
David Tuckett suggests that economics should drop the physics envy. Economics in the real world is not, and should not be, made up of mechanical situations. Finance has become too remote from human judgments and understanding the...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Can social justice provide an alternative to medicine?
We ring fence NHS spending and western countries spend ever more on medicine. But a third of all deaths are due to medical intervention and some argue poverty not pathogens makes the biggest difference. Is it a fantasy to believe that...
Mediacorp
Uncovering the Dark Side of Misinformation in Indonesia
This video highlights the consequences of fake news in Indonesia, where it has led to violence, conflicts, and the spread of hate speech. The video also showcases the role of tech idealists in using technology for good and promoting...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Dennis Snower: Which Way Forward? 3/6
Dennis Snower, President, Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), Kiel speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at...
Religion for Breakfast
Is Religion the Opium of the People?
In this episode we examine the topic: Is Religion the Opium of the People?
History Hit
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry: Impressions of democracy today
What are the authors impressions of how democracies have changed and how have they evolved over time? How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 5
Mediacorp
The Rise of Social Media Preachers in Indonesia
This video explores the phenomenon of social media influencers in Indonesia, specifically focusing on religious preachers like Felix Sierra who have gained millions of followers online. It examines the impact of these influencers on the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Erik Berglöf - Crisis in Eastern Europe: The People's Perspective (1/4)
The global economic and financial crisis hit Eastern Europe harder than anywhere in the world. The region was shut off from global financial flows essentially overnight and some Eastern European countries lost a staggering 20% of GDP in...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Joseph Vogl: Which Way Forward? 4/6
Joseph Vogl, Professor of German Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Humboldt University Berlin speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Can Economics Be a Value Neutral Science?
INET President Rob Johnson talks with Michael Sandel about the consequences of financialization, and how economics' obsession with self-interest has failed society.
Weatherthings
Hurricane Sally
Hurricane Sally made landfall, only moving at 3mph, leading to tremendous rainfall, and an extremely long period of hurricane-force winds for southwest Alabama and northwest Florida, in 2020. The impact was far worse than most people...
Curated Video
Understanding Government Failure in Economics
This video discusses the concept of government failure and why it occurs in certain situations where a government intervention has a harmful effect on society's welfare despite being intended to improve it. The video provides examples of...
Curated Video
Evaluating the Microeconomic Concept of Merit Goods
In this video, the presenter explains how merit goods are under-provided and under-consumed by the market and discusses the positive consumption externality that leads to market failure. The video then evaluates the size of the market...
Weatherthings
Hurricane Sandy: The Impact on Society
What led to the unique path of Hurricane Sandy in 2016 and why it had such a large impact, as the second most-costly hurricane to hit the United States in modern times. It was nicknamed a superstorm for the wide impact it had in the...