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...

Trinidad and Tobago amassed great wealth in the 1970s thanks to oil -- but 2 out of every 3 dollars earmarked for development ended up wasted or stolen. This fact has haunted Afra Raymond for 30 years. Shining a flashlight on a continued...

In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked economies worldwide. Millions of people lost their jobs, and many businesses struggled to survive or shut down. Governments responded with some of the largest economic relief packages in...

If you're ever put in charge of a national economy, there are a few things you should try to avoid. Before you laugh, just remember, you COULD be in charge of an economy someday. Someone has to do it, and anyway, if it could happen to...

This week on Crash Course Economics, we're talking about monetary policy. The reality of the world is that the United States (and most of the world's economies) are, to varying degrees, Keynesian. When things go wrong, economically, the...

The video discusses the current challenges facing the U.S. government's fiscal policy, including increasing government debt, tax cuts, and potential consequences on inflation and economic growth. It highlights the intricate relationship...

In a globalized world, digitalization has deeply shaped the way people of different countries and cultures interact—and now transact—with one another. The latest addition to the global payment system is a version of currency called...

Discover the turbulent story behind the creation of the United States national banks, in which all three branches of the federal government combined to safeguard the nation's economic stability.

Michael Burry, the investor made famous when he shorted the US housing market before the crash of 2008, has recently bet against the US Bond market. What relationship between the economy and the stock market made him think this would...

In the second episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat makes one of the most boring Supreme Court cases in American history somewhat more interesting. It was, after all, QUITE A FREAKING BIG DEAL.
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Established Titles is a fun novelty gift, meant for a good laugh and not to be taken too seriously. Established Titles bought a couple hundred acres of land in Scotland, and have pledged to protect it and keep it as is forever, and they...

Despite geographical challenges, hostile neighbors, and limited resources, Israel has become one of the world's wealthiest and most advanced economies. This video explores how Israel overcame economic failure, what drives its growth, if...

The Ultimate Review Packet has 2 Macro exams and 2 Micro Exmas. In this video I go over the answers to all 60 of the multiple choice questions on the first practice AP MACRO exam.

Since the revival of global capital markets in the 1960s, cross-border capital flows have increased by orders of magnitude, so much so that international asset positions now outstrip global economic output. Most cross-border...

The world economy is just starting to recover from the most disastrous episode in the history of financial globalisation. Understanding what happened is essential. Anton Brender and Florence Pisani, both economists teaching at...

Mainstream economic theory has been increasingly questioned following the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The disconnect between reality and theory manifested itself most clearly when the Queen of the United Kingdom pointedly...

Everybody now knows the narrative of the Great Financial Recession of 2008, in particular, the impact that toxic derivatives had in terms of exacerbating the crisis. And the usual defense of those who misdiagnosed the...

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Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.



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In this video, Perry Mehrling gives a visual introduction to his INET blog, titled "the Money View."<br/>

In a challenge to conventional views on modern monetary and fiscal policy, Professor Bill Mitchell of Newcastle University in Australia has emerged as one of the foremost exponents of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a heterodox challenge...

This video is an educational session on macroeconomics, focusing specifically on the concept of monetary policy. The video examines the impact of an increase in interest rates, discussing its impact on inflation, output, and economic...

This video is a lecture presentation on the liquidity preference theory. The lecture explains the three monetary motives behind holding money: the transactions motive, the precautionary motive, and the speculative motive. The video also...