TED-Ed
What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?
What makes a one hundred-dollar bill valuable? Here is an excellent, straight-forward animated video to help your learners grasp the concept of inflation and the purpose and policies of the Federal Reserve System.
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Banking 4: Multiplier Effect and the Money Supply
In the context of a discussion about real wealth versus the representation of wealth (money), Sal explains the multiplier effect and how 1000 pieces of gold can become 2710 pieces of gold. Viewers will appreciate the annotations and...
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Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization 2
Sal justifies that the determining factor of inflation and deflation is not the money supply as much as much as it is demand and the raised capacity utilization.
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Debt Loops Rationale and Effects
Now that scholars understand more about currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses the motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has...
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CPI Index, Inflation, Finance and Capital Markets
Get an introductory course on inflation and the Consumer Price Index as Sal breaks down American disposable income based on government analysis. He focuses on housing percentages, explaining inconsistencies in the rental equivalence...
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Chinese Central Bank Buying Treasuries
In the first several minutes of this clip, a review of the hypothetical China-U.S. trade scenario Sal mapped out in previous videos. Then, he begins to outline further how the Yuan can resist appreciation because of interference by the...
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China Keeps Peg but Diversifies Holdings
By examining data from the U.S. treasury, Sal shows scholars the large discrepancy between US exports to China and US imports from China in 2009. He also examines foreign-owned assets in the United States, pointing out China's position...
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China Buys US bonds, Money, Banking and Central Banks, Finance and Capital Markets
Go further into depth with the China-United States trade scenario, this time investigating what the Chinese government does with the dollars they collect. Sal reminds scholars why the Chinese Central Bank prints Yuan to purchase dollars...
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China Pegs to Dollar to Keep Trade Imbalance
Continuing from the previous video, Sal reviews the China-US trade relationships and the floating currency scenario that should leave the dollar weaker and the Yuan stronger. He explains why the People's Bank of China doesn't want this...
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Inflation Explained - Part 3/4
Inflation also includes the concept of deflation, is deflation good? Part three in this four-part series takes a comparative look at Japan's economic deflation during the 1990s and today's US economic situation. Purchase power,...
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Review of China US Currency Situation
This short clip is essentially just a review of what Sal has discussed in previous videos about the China-US trade situation. He goes over all the details, discussing the trade imbalance and how the Chinese government maintains the...
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Debt Loops Rationale and Effects
Now that scholars understand more about currency imbalance and artificially suppressed currency, Sal discusses the motivations of the different actors. He briefly touches on the difficulty of unwinding a cycle like this once it has...