Economics Explained
Are Economists Too Pessimistic?: Introduction
Economists have predicted 15 of the past 5 recessions, so should we take them seriously? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest topics and headlines through the eyes of economists....
Economics Explained
MIT Has Predicted that Society Will Collapse in 2040: Introduction
A report in the 1970's looks at how society will progress along certain factors. Which path is the most viable moving forward and which one is the most distrastrous? Either way, what does the year 2040 have to do with it? Helping you...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Great Depression
This video provides an overview of the Great Depression in the United States. It explains the economic and social conditions leading up to the Depression, including the Roaring Twenties and the stock market crash of 1929. The video also...
Bridgeman Arts
Various scenes from Berlin, 1929, Black Friday
Various scenes from Berlin, 1929, Black Friday
Bloomberg
Britain's Long Road to a Market Crisis of Confidence
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss faces a question of credibility with investors as the nation deals with a self-inflicted financial crisis that threatens to accelerate the economy's dive into recession. Philip Aldrick reports on Bloomberg...
Press Association
Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth, growth’ and to ‘always be fiscally responsible’
The Prime Minister said slashing taxes is “the right thing to do morally and economically”. In her first Conservative Party conference speech as leader, Liz Truss said: “Over the summer, we had a robust debate and the Conservative Party...
Press Association
Liz Truss: Wherever there is change there is disruption but everyone will benefit
Liz Truss has said she aims to “level up the country in a Conservative way,” citing her experience of low growth while growing up in Leeds and Paisley and vowed to break Britain out of a “high-tax, low-growth cycle”. The Prime Minister...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Italians take up philosophy to counter crisis
VOICED: Italians take up philosophy to counter crisis
Press Association
Liz Truss vows to 'stay the course' as she closes conference speech
Liz Truss vowed to “stay the course” as she closed her first Conservative Party conference speech as leader. The Prime Minister said: “The status quo is not an option. That is why we can’t give in to the voices of decline.
Curated Video
RR7426A INDIA'S PROBLEMS
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Following droughts in recent years and the additional
burden of the oil crisis, India's economy is under
great stress. Inflation is running at 27 per cent a year,
a record rate, and many foods and basic...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein talk about their country's prosperity, New York, 1933
Title card: 'There is prosperity! New York - Happy Highnesses tell how! Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein, here on visit, describe their country, now refuge for overtaxed wealth.' / Prince Franz Joseph II asked question about truth...
Bloomberg
CPA's Fonseka On Sri Lanka's Political Instability
Centre for Policy Alternatives Senior Researcher and Attorney at Law Bhavani Fonseka says questions remain whether Sri Lanka's government can continue amid increasing calls for the president to step down. She was speaking with Haslinda...
Curated Video
RR7426A INDIA'S PROBLEMS
Following droughts in recent years and the additional
burden of the oil crisis, India's economy is under
great stress. Inflation is running at 27 per cent a year,
a record rate, and many foods and basic commodities
have doubled in...
Bloomberg
White House Economy Chief Says Jobs More at Risk Than Inflation
Feb.22 -- Inflation is a risk that bears watching, though the bigger danger now is longer-term damage to the labor market, the White House’s chief economic adviser said in addressing criticism of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion aid...
Bloomberg
Collender: Need U.S. Economic Crisis for Congress to Act
June 27 -- Stan Collender, executive vice president at Qorvis MSLGROUP, talks about political gridlock in Washington and what Donald Trump taps into with American voters. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Recovery Fund Can't Just Be Credits, Says German Parliament's EU Committee Chair
Jun.30 -- The head of the German Parliament's European Affairs Committee, Gunther Krichbaum advocated for grants, instead of just credits, in the EU recovery fund being discussed to pull the bloc out of the economic crisis in the wake of...
Press Association
Starmer urges Prime Minister to 'focus on the crisis in front of you'
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the Government to focus on the coronavirus pandemic rather than the reorganisation of Whitehall. Sir Keir said: “We’re in the middle of a health crisis and an economic crisis and the focus of the...
Bloomberg
France's Le Maire on EU Debt and Recovery Fund
Nov.23 -- French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told Bloomberg News' Guy Johnson that EU debt was sustainable, thanks to the ECB and EU recovery fund. "We do not have a Plan B, but to convince Poland and Hungary to change their mind,"...
Curated Video
Annual report says financial crisis leading to repression
New York, US - 27 May 2009
1. Various of Amnesty International report
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Larry Cos, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA:
"The key point of the report is that underneath the economic crisis, the global...
Curated Video
EDIT Obama discusses economic crisis, stimulus pkg during weekly address
1. GRAPHIC: (English) "Your weekly address - February 7, 2009
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"Yesterday began with some devastating news with regard to our economic crisis. But I'm pleased to say it ended on a more...
Bloomberg
Cornonavirus Sends World Into Recession Says IMF Managing Director
Apr.03 -- International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says this is "humanity's darkest hour" and that the world is experiencing a recession due to the coronavirus pandemic. She spoke to a press briefing in Geneva.
Curated Video
Sri Lankan PM Agrees To Quit In Biggest Political Turmoil
The prime minister will resign when all parties have agreed on forming a new government.
Curated Video
During his weekly address, President Barack Obama said it is time that Washington start to cut spending, like many American families have been forced to do. He outlined $2 trillion in cuts that he wants to see enacted in the coming years.
HEADLINE:Obama: Time for Washington to tighten its belt
CAPTION: During his weekly address, President Barack Obama said it is time that Washington start to cut spending, like many American families have been forced to do. He outlined...
Bloomberg
Here's What's at Stake as Pakistan Heads to the Polls
Jul.24 -- Michael Kugelman, the deputy director of the Asia program and senior associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center, previews the Pakistani election with Bloomberg's Ramy Inocencio and Yvonne Man on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."