Financial Times
Has the US dollar stopped making sense?
John Authers tries to explain why the dollar is falling, even as US bond yields rise and money pours into the US stock market.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Money View: China and the International Dollar
This video visually details Perry Mehrling's Money View blog post called "China and the International Dollar" on the INET Online website
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Fixing the Eurozone
I just re-read the introduction for Hans Werner-Sinn. There's a few grammatical errors that I picked up. Maybe you can replace with this version (which fixes the mistakes): As the interview with Hans Werner-Sinn illustrates, there is no...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Andrea Terzi: Fixing The Eurozone Architecture
The European project, which was designed to bring lasting peace to the continent, is under threat. How? Through the insistence of elites that a common currency should be imposed, but under conditions that would make such a currency...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich: Optimal Currency Areas and Governance - The Challenge of Europe (1/8)
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich compares the current Euro crisis with the US debt crisis in the 1840s, when the US had a common currency and a fully-fledged central government, and nine out of 27 US states defaulted. That crisis, he says, did...
TLDR News
How Will Brexit Affect the United States - TLDR News
Considering we spend a lot of time on our main channel discussing the effects of Brexit on the UK and Europe, it only made sense to apply that to the US on this channel. In this video, we discuss what Brexit means for the US and how it...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Fundamental Design Flaw of the Eurozone
From the very start, the European Monetary Union (EMU) was set up to fail. The host of problems we are now witnessing, from the solvency crises on the periphery to the bank runs in Spain, Greece, and Italy, were built into the very...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Kevin O'Rourke: Optimal Currency Areas and Governance - The Challenge of Europe (2/8)
Kevin O'Rourke describes a political trilemma in Europe. He says that if the nation state remains dominant in the Eurozone, the trilemma suggests two possibilities. Either public opinion is successfully ignored in countries like Germany,...
Institute of Art and Ideas
What is the future of Capitalism?
As China and Russia adopt their own variants, the reign of capitalism seems absolute. Yet there are many who wish for an alternative and some who claim a final crisis is in the making. Is there a radical alternative that we have not yet...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How do we move beyond the “austerity” debates?
And how do they relate to our democratic institutions and institutional social relations? We debate these topics with Italian author Thomas Fazi, focusing on Europe but searching for answers to the most divisive economic debates of our...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Europe Will Find A Way Forward with the Euro
UC Berkeley’s Barry Eichengreen continues to hold the view that the breakup of the Euro will be too difficult and costly for member countries. He argues that using RMB internationalization to speed up domestic reforms in China is a...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Jean Pisani-Ferry: Of Nightmares and Tigers
Jean Pisany-Ferry, interviewed by Lee Price, speaks about Europe's debt crisis. Among other things, he says that in Greece debt restructuring is inevitable, and that countries in the Eurozone should tax mortgages and regulate finance in...
Curated Video
The Euro: Costs and Benefits of Joining a Currency Union - A UK Perspective
In this video lecture, the presenter discusses the euro and the features of a currency union. He explains the differences between a monetary union and a fixed exchange rate system, and the benefits and costs of joining the eurozone. He...
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Genitive Prepositions in German
In this lesson I teach you the generative prepositions in German. I cover the ones most textbooks have as well as 12 more that you might not know.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Wendy Carlin: Optimal Currency Areas and Governance - The Challenge of Europe (5/8)
After reviewing the panelists' contributions, Wendy Carlin points out that the expectations of Europe's core and Europe's periphery haven't been met. The core, notably Germany, entered the European Monetary Union with a view to the...
Financial Times
Italy's 'parallel currency' and why it's worrying the eurozone
FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu looks into the controversy surrounding the 'mini-BOT', a proposed new type of Treasury bill, how it would work, and whether it threatens membership of the euro.
TLDR News
How Does Brexit Affect the United States? - Explaining Brexit
Brexit is going to have a major impact on the UK and EU relationship, but that doesn't mean it won't affect other countries too. In this video, we discuss the ways in which Brexit will affect the United States, the trade deals they could...
TLDR News
Three Arguments AGAINST Scottish Independence - TLDR News
A while ago we made a video running through 3 reasons in favour of Scottish Independence, so now we're telling the other side of the story - the reasons to stay. So in this video we look at the reasons in favour of the union and why...
History Hit
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: Margaret Thatcher, the myth
Was she an interesting figure to write about based on her myths? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 1
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich - What the 19th Century US Can Teach Today's Europe About Sovereign Debt
If the countries in the European periphery defaulted on their debt, the euro as a common currency breaks down. This contention is used as an argument for bailouts and rescue packages, and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich says it's wrong. He draws...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Massimo Cingolani: Identifying Weaknesses in the Eurozone
The great achievement of the EU has been to reduce the probability of violent nationalist conflict among some of its members to a vanishing small probability while improving the economic lot of its members. But in spite of the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Erik Berglöf - Crisis in Eastern Europe: The People's Perspective (2/4)
INET interview with Erik Berglof, Part 2 of 4