In part 6 of INET's interview with Richard Koo, he says that China may have gone overboard in the wake of the global collapse by loaning too much money to provincial governments and creating real estate bubbles

I explain the key terms of the financial sector, including: assets, liabilities, loans, bonds, stocks, and interest rates.

In this video, Peter Jordan discusses the correction of trade deficits, focusing on currency depreciations and devaluations. He explains the differences between the two and how they work in a floating exchange rate system. He also covers...

This week, the Congressional Budget Office delivered a report on how Donald Trump's suggestion that the federal government may stop making cost sharing payments to private health insurance companies. This would be problematic for health...

This lecture gives an introduction to economic policies and their relationship with economic activity, economic performance, and economic objectives. The various macroeconomic objectives are discussed, such as inflation rate,...

Patricia Gándara is Research Professor and Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. She is also Chair of the Working Group on Education for the University of California-Mexico Initiative in which she is spearheading a...

This video focuses on the topic of trade deficits. The presenter provides an explanation of what trade deficits are and how they are measured using the current account on the balance of payments. They discuss the implications of having a...

Governments spend and borrow money just like people do. But it's a little more complicated. Is it bad for a government to be in debt? Who does a government borrow money from? How is federal spending determined? What are the types of...

In this video, the lecturer discusses fiscal finances, which involve government budgets and deficit measurements. He explains the government budget and the terms surplus, balanced and deficit budgets and the importance of knowing these...

The second most beautiful equation and its surprising applications

In part 5 of this INET interview, Nicholas Wapshott discusses how the conflict between Keynes and Hayek has carried forward into modern debates over the proper role of governance. As policy debates still wage on today over austerity vs....

This video explains the concept of equity in a company, its components, and how to determine its value. It also covers the asset and income approaches to valuing a business and provides a crash course in business valuation.

In part 4 of INET's interview with Richard Koo, discusses how it will be hard for the US to maintain its role as a global force if it does not help fix its balance sheet problems with a strong government intervention

This video discusses the concept of fiscal policy, which is the use of government revenue and spending to influence the economy. It explains how government tax and spending plans are outlined in a budget and how they can lead to a...

Herbert Hoover's name may be best remembered for the Hoover Dam, but his presidency will always be remembered as the start of the Great Depression. The 1930s would be an extremely difficult decade, so let's jump into this time period now.