A liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders, says university head Patrick Awuah -- because it builds decision-making skills, an ethical framework and a broad vision. Awuah himself left a career at Microsoft in the US to...

Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization? In this talk, social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for...

This week on Crash Course Econ, Jacob and Adriene are talking about failure. Specifically, we're talking about market failures. When markets don't provide a good or service efficiently, that's a market failure. When markets fail, often...

We talk a lot about Keynesian economics on this show, pretty much because the real world currently runs on Keynesian principles. That said, there are some other economic ideas out there, and today we're going to talk about a few of them....

Different economic systems have been developed to meet the needs and wants of the citizens of a country or society. These systems have distinct advantages and downsides for producers, consumers, and governments.

Different economic systems have been developed to meet the needs and wants of the citizens of a country or society. These systems have distinct advantages and downsides for producers, consumers, and governments.

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,...

A global watchdog has sounded the alarm about the growing danger of cyber attacks, on financial markets, warning that firms and regulators around the world need to address the “uneven” response to the threat of online...

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...

Greg Mankiw says there should be a market for kidneys, but not for paying drug addicts to get sterilized.
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In this full-length interview from What Money Can’t Buy, political philosopher Michael Sandel and Harvard economist...

In part 1 of INET's interview with Ha-Joon Chang, he tells us that "market objectivity" is a myth, because in reality supposedly free markets are all regulated in some fashion

In this episode of Econmovies, I discuss the role of the government and the two extremes of the economic spectrum: State Socialism and Neoliberalism. I also talk about the views of Milton Friedman. By the way, what did you think about...

Tim Draper’s venture firms have a reputation for investing early in emerging technologies – from Tesla and SpaceX to Robinhood and Bitcoin. As the markets cool, how is he preparing for what some economists predict could be a sustained...

Neoliberalism, warns Professor Wendy Brown, has created a form of reasoning in which human beings are reduced to their economic value and activity, and in which all fields of human activity are treated as markets and institutions,...

We just learned about the four main economic systems. Now, it's time to dive a little deeper with each of them one at a time. We will start with free markets. Why do people like them? What are the advantages and disadvantages of free...