Institute for New Economic Thinking
Gudrun Johnsen Closing Remarks
Concluding Remarks from Gudrun Johnsen of the University of Iceland at Finance & Society 2015
One Minute History
The Great Inflation - One Minute History
From 1965 to 1982 a macroeconomic event known as “The Great Inflation” cast a shadow on the post-World War Two Global Monetary System. During this time, inflation rose from a rate of 1% a year, to its peak in 1980, of almost 15%. Jobs...
Curated Video
Understanding Labor Market Imperfections: Minimum Wages, Trade Unions, and Wage Discrimination
The video discusses labor-market imperfections and their effects on real-world people. It focuses on three main imperfections: minimum wages, trade unions, and wage discrimination. The video uses diagrams to explain non-binding and...
Curated Video
Heiner Flassbeck: Is Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? 2/5
Heiner Flassbeck, Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) at the panel entitled "Is Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? China, Germany, and Japan and the...
Professor Dave Explains
Types of Assets: Financial, Tangible, and Intangible
How do people get rich? Rather than having very high-paying jobs, wealth is more easily accumulated through ownership of assets. This is anything of value that can be converted into money. Of course we know about assets like houses and...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Shaikh’s path 3 Studies of Distribution through Econophysics
Shaikh’s path 3 Studies of Distribution through Econophysics
Curated Video
Understanding Real Wage and Natural Unemployment
This video provides an explanation of the concepts of real wage and natural unemployment, with a focus on distinguishing between the two. The presenter uses graphs and definitions to illustrate the differences between these types of...
Cerebellum
Compromise And Conflict in America: 1848-1857 - Married Women’s Property Act (1848)
This video looks at the documents conceived in a period when the civil rights of women and Native Americans were in question, and slavery was driving a wedge between slaveholders and abolitionists. Educators from noted American...
The March of Time
1952: HOLLAND SPEAKS: Florida Senator Spessard Lindsey Holland sitting on couch talking about Democratic Party wins, working w/ Labor, government laws & policies. Ad libbing a bit on retirement.
MOT 1952: HOLLAND SPEAKS: Florida Senator Spessard Lindsey Holland sitting on couch talking about Democratic Party wins, working w/ Labor, government laws & policies. Ad libbing a bit on retirement.
TLDR News
Are Britain's Shortages Actually Increasing Wages? Johnson Claims So... - TLDR News
Over the weekend Johnson defended his record on the food and fuel shortages, insisting that they were actually a good thing, pushing up wages (especially among the poorest groups). That seems like a bit of a difficult argument, so in...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lee Badgett - Money, Myths, and Change The Economic Lives of Lesbians and Gay Men
M. V. Lee Badgett is a Williams Distinguished Scholar at the Williams Institute. She is also the director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as a professor of economics....
Curated Video
Trade Unions in the Labor Market: Roles and Influence
This video provides an overview of trade unions and their impact on the labor market. The presenter explains the objectives of trade unions, which include protecting workers' rights, improving their pay and working conditions, and...
Curated Video
The Link Between Economic Growth and Development: Explained
This video discusses the link between economic growth and economic development and whether higher economic growth always leads to higher living standards over time. The presenter provides definitions for economic development and economic...
The March of Time
1935: HOME FROM WORK: Mrs. Perkins setting table in dining room, two male teen sons in shirt & tie reading, Fred Perkins entering kitchen, washing hands in hand sink, explaining to wife must pay NRA fine or go to jail, chooses to fight.
MOT 1935: HOME FROM WORK: Mrs. Perkins setting table in dining room, two male teen sons in shirt & tie reading, Fred Perkins entering kitchen, washing hands in hand sink, explaining to wife must pay NRA fine or go to jail, chooses to fight.
ACDC Leadership
Bad Economic Policies with Jacob Clifford
What happens when good ideas meet unintended consequences? The answer, perverse incentives. This is a quick list of some of the worst polices in modern times. They are not in any particular order and I obviously left out a bunch of other...
The March of Time
1935: SMALL BUSINESS: Fred Perkins talking w/ battery making workers about National Recovery Administration (NRA) wage guidelines (.40 hr), can't pay that, all agree to current pay (.25hr), NRA threatened him w/ big fine, all decide to keep working.
MOT 1935: SMALL BUSINESS: Fred Perkins talking w/ battery making workers about National Recovery Administration (NRA) wage guidelines (.40 hr), can't pay that, all agree to current pay (.25hr), NRA threatened him w/ big fine, all decide...
Economics Explained
Is Hyperinflation Coming?: Is Inflation Good or Bad
Inflation is something we more or less take for granted these days. The idea that 5 dollars today is not going to be able to buy 5 dollars worth of stuff in the future, and the fact that you used to be able to buy a family home for 10...
The Business Professor
Understanding Business Taxes
This video provides an overview of business taxes in the United States, focusing primarily on income taxes for businesses. It explains the two tax regimes for businesses, namely partnership and corporation taxation, and discusses the...
ACDC Leadership
Macro 2010 FRQ #1- AD/AS and Loanable Funds
Join the hundreds of thousands of students that have used Mr. Clifford's videos and resources to ace your macroeconomics course.
Rachel's English
English Vocabulary Challenge Day 2
You can improve your English vocabulary and English pronunciation by studying these vocab words, repeating them along with me to master each sound. We’ll study each word by focusing on how Americans actually pronounce it, and we’ll...
Curated Video
Ramses III
The rein of Remises III, taking the throne at a young age and getting the power to control Egypt. But all this comes with a lot of pressure to carry the Remises name and their legacy . Will Remises III be able to rise up to expectation...
Curated Video
Aggregate Supply: Keynesian View and Classical Analysis
This video introduces the Keynesian view of aggregate supply and compares it to the classical approach. The presenter explains how the Keynesian curve was developed during the Great Depression when market forces failed to correct the...
TLDR News
Why is Everything Getting Expensive? Cost of Living Crisis Explained - TLDR News
Your wallet might have already started to notice the impending cost of living crisis, with the price of many essential goods already beginning to rise. So in this video, we explain how bad the crisis is expected to get, why tax hikes are...
Curated Video
Coverture
Coverture severely restricted women’s political, financial, and personal rights and was imported to the American colonies as a part of English common law. It affected the lives of all American women and although it has been diminished...