The nearly five million direct care workers who support older adults and people with disabilities are the largest workforce in the U.S. But despite high demand, many are paid little more than minimum wage. A longstanding workforce...

You may have heard that there's an ongoing shortage of the medication Adderall. But there's a lot more going on here than you may expect, and the real culprit behind the shortage isn't what you might think.

Bitten by a venomous snake? There's hope! French scientist Albert Calmette developed the first snake antivenom in the late 1890s, and did such a good job that we use his technique to this day. Antivenom works by stimulating the...

Hank eases our minds about the alleged bacon shortage, and informs us of some actual meat shortages we may see the effects of in the coming years.

In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about one of the fundamental economic ideas, supply and demand. What is supply and demand? Well, you'll have to watch the video to really understand it, but it's kind of important for...

Fighting the food shortage in North Korea

China is undertaking a massive water project to address the water shortage in its northern regions. With a budget of CN¥100 billion, the project involves diverting water from the Yangtze River to the dry northern plains through canals...

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Today, we are going to learn about droughts—what they are, their causes, and how they affect us. In this video, we'll explore the environmental and human factors that lead to droughts, the devastating impacts they have on ecosystems and...

For some women, a simple shot during pregnancy and then right after labor can prevent a huge amount of suffering for both parents and future children. So what happens when there’s a shortage that prevents that shot from happening?

This video provides an overview of CODHA's housing cooperatives in Switzerland, emphasizing sustainable building practices, energy performance, and community living.<b<br/>r/>

Building Tomorrow episode 6, part 5

Until recently, retirement was seen as an on-off switch for your career. A new trend, called 'flextirement', allows workers to transition from full time to part-time work as they ease into full retirement. But how widespread could it be?

What is economics? Yes, of course it has to do with money. But beyond the concepts that we might immediately think of, like taxes, gross domestic product, and the stock market, which belong to macroeconomics, we must also understand...

Diversity can improve results. But plenty of research shows that multicultural teams and diverse teams tend to perform less effectively than homogenous teams, when not managed well. In this video, I introduce the topic of cross-cultural...

Last year, the street artist Stik got permission for a major new mural in his neighbourhood, an area of the East End of London that now embodies gentrification at its most extreme. So he asked the denizens of Old Shoreditch – the vicars,...

Price gouging during a crisis is universally frowned upon and punishable by law in most states... so why would economists say it's actually not a bad thing?

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the Defense Department evaluate the in-the-field performance of two-way, real-time voice translation systems for use in Afghanistan.

I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy. Like many of you, I'm quarantined in my house so I made this quick video talking about some of the economic concepts associated with recent events. I talk about scarcity, shortages,...

Mr. Clifford's 60 second explanation of disequilibrium, surplus, and shortage.

Increasingly severe droughts are revealing the folly of the Islamic regime’s obsession with industrial growth.

Desperate Times How to Use this Phrase When Things Are Tough - All Ears English Podcast 1811

Napoleon Bonaparte, considered one of the greatest military minds of all time, made his name as a young artillery captain at the Siege of Toulon in 1793. Animated maps explain how Napoleon's genius ensured French victory.

My 60 second explanation of consumer's surplus (CS) and producer's surplus (PS) and how to identify where it is on the graph. The bonus round shows how a price ceiling changes CS and PS and results in dead weight loss.