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TED Talks
TED: How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health,...
TED Talks
Michael Metcalfe: We need money for aid. So let’s print it.
During the financial crisis, the central banks of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan created $3.7 trillion in order to buy assets and encourage investors to do the same. Michael Metcalfe offers a shocking idea: could these same...
TED Talks
Chrystia Freeland: The rise of the new global super-rich
Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds -- and so is economic inequality, says writer Chrystia Freeland. In an impassioned talk, she charts the rise of a new class of plutocrats (those who are extremely powerful because they are...
Crash Course
Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics
This week, Adriene and Jacob teach you about macroeconomics. This is the stuff of big picture economics, and the major movers in the economy. Like taxes and monetary policy and inflation and policy. We need this stuff, because if you...
ACDC Leadership
Macro Unit 2 Summary (Old Version)- Measuring the Economy
Hey, this is Jacob Clifford and welcome to the Macro Unit 2 Summary. This unit is about measuring the economy and covers topics like GDP (1:04), the business cycle (6:15), unemployment (7:28), the types of unemployment, the natural rate...
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:<b<br/>r/>
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The Consequences of Inequality a<br/>nd Wealth Distribution
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Economic History | How & How NOT to Do Economics with Robert Skidelsky
In this tenth lecture in INET’s “How and How Not to Do Economics,” Robert Skidelsky argues that there are two main reasons why economists should study history. The first is to make history better. The second is to make economics...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Duncan Foley: Macroeconomic Management After a Crisis (1/7)
The video shows the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Duncan Foley, Professor at the New School for Social Research. The other...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
A Growth Slowdown is Coming
U.S. GDP accounting underestimates intangible capital, overstates financial capital, and is all but oblivious to the erosion of human and social capital.
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Institute for New Economic Thinking
Jeff Sachs - Survival of the Fittest: The Need for Comparative Economics 3/5
In Part 3 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about the realities of the American fiscal situation. The focus on small government can't fit ever-lower taxes for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: National Savings and Investment
The market for loanable funds brings savers and borrowers together. We can also represent the same idea using a mathematical model. In this video, learn about savings and investment identity. [3:25]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Education as a Force of Convergence
Sal Khan discusses knowledge dissemination on an individual scale. [11:42]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Demand Pull Inflation Under Johnson
A real-world example of the concepts behind the AD-AS model is the inflation that the United States experienced in the late 1960s. In this video, we break down some of the events going on at the time and use the AD-AS model to see if our...