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Propaganda
Propaganda is information designed to influence people’s opinions and actions, but how do governments use it as a covert action to elicit a response?
The Business Professor
Economic Value Added - Business Valuation
What is the Economic Value Added Method of business valuation? EVA is the incremental difference in the rate of return (RoR) over a company's cost of capital. Essentially, it is used to measure the value a company generates from funds...
The Business Professor
Theory E and Theory O
What is Theory E? What is Theory O? Theory E is change based on economic value. Theory O is change based on organizational capability. Both are valid models; each theory of change achieves some of management's goals, either explicitly or...
Curated Video
Chinese Cultural Diversity
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes how historical circumstances have affected different Chinese-speaking regions.
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Elite Capture and Societal Inequality
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) describes two concerns that were as important in ancient Athens are they are today: elite capture and political inequality.
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English Exploration of the New World
English Exploration of the New World investigates the English exploration of the New World by researching details of travel and motivations.
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Immigrants and Migration
Immigrants and Migration analyzes how political, environmental, social, and economic factors cause people to move from place to place by defining the terms migration and immigrants.
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Appreciating Historical Variability
Historian Martin Jay (UC Berkeley) relates how a core value of intellectual history is that it naturally forces us to relativize contemporary positions that we might naively conclude are absolute.
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A Historian's Toolbox
UC Berkeley historian Martin Jay describes how he is constantly looking to demonstrate how our contemporary views are far less black and white than many suppose, and how focusing on the evolution of language helps puts things into their...
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Seeking The Bigger Picture
UCLA historian Margaret Jacob relates how her historical approach differs from most “economic historians” who, while adopting a broader approach than before, still largely look to find one single, sufficient cause for historical events.
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Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own?
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Three Types of Economic Resources
Three Types of Economic Resources explores the three types of economic or productive resources: natural, human, and capital.
Hip Hughes History
Manifest Destiny in Ten Minutes
With many misguided comments, please know this is a lecture designed to help kids pass tests, the curriculum is set by NY state. I do not choose to bash Europeans, nor ignore ugly truths. This is a short theme based lecture on U.S....
Hip Hughes History
The Federal Reserve Act Explained
The 1913 Federal Reserve Act created the modern day Federal Reserve system. In this lecture we explain the basics of what the law did and how the Fed influences the economy. Perfect for APGOV students or anyone seeking an overview of US...
Curated Video
Types of Economic Systems and Mixed Economy
The video is a lecture presentation that explains the different types of economic systems that can exist in an economy. The video explains the two main mechanisms that allocate resources, the market mechanism and the planning mechanism,...
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Introduction to the Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choices
The video introduces the economic problem - the central issue that drives every economic system towards the type of economic activities that they undertake. The lecture explains the scarcity of resources and the choices that people have...
ACDC Leadership
Key Graphs of AP Macroeconomics
It's time to review the 5 key graphs of macroeconomics. Make sure to watch the videos explaining each graph.
Healthcare Triage
Innovation in a Changing US Health System
The US healthcare system has a lot of issues, but one thing it's got going for it is innovation. More clinical trials originate in the United States, and more Nobel Physiology and Medicine Laureates are from here than from any other...
ACDC Leadership
Are you faster than Clifford? Macro Edition
Can you draw the graphs of macroeconomics faster than me? Also, share this video with your teacher and see if he or she can beat my best times. Here are my times: 14 seconds- AD/AS showing recessionary gap 21 seconds- Money market with...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Evaluation and Compensation in External Reporting
Discusses the main reporting standards that are requiring companies to disclose their governance practices
Curated Video
Understanding Economic Statements and Judgments
This video is a lecture presentation about economic statements and judgments. The speaker introduces the concept of economic statements and how they are formed, with a focus on the different types of statements and judgments made by...
ACDC Leadership
Are you faster than Clifford? Micro Edition
Can you draw the graphs of microeconomics faster than me? Also, share this video with your teacher and see if he or she can beat my best times. Here are my times: 15 seconds- Natural monopoly regulated at socially optimal 23 seconds-...
ACDC Leadership
Demand and Supply Explained Part 2 - Macro Topic 1.5 (Micro Topic 2.2)
In this video I explain supply, the law of supply, the shifters of the supply curve, equilibrium, surplus, and shortage. Make sure to draw the graphs on your own.
ACDC Leadership
Econ 2.4 Supply and Demand Curves (Old Version)- ACDC Econ
Mr. Clifford's explanation of the Law of Demand and the Law of Supply. He also shows why demand curves are downward sloping and supply curves are upward sloping. Please keep in mind that these clips are not designed to teach you the key...