Crash Course
Board Games: Crash Course Games
Today, we're going to talk about board games, but instead of trying to trace their histories, which we've already covered a bit of in ep2 on ancient games, we're going to look really closely at just two board games - Monopoly and The...
Crash Course
Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Markets: Crash Course Economics
What is a monopoly? It turns out, it's more than just a board game. It's a terrible, terrible economic practice in which giant corporations dominate markets and hurt consumers. Except when it isn't. In some industries, monopolies are the...
Curated Video
The Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency dedicated to limiting the power of big business, protecting consumer rights and ensuring fair competition. It’s the reason you can buy what you want, when you want it – providing you...
Curated Video
Hamlet 3.3 Word Nerd: Gilded
This video explores the metaphor of the "gilded hand" used by Shakespeare in "Hamlet" to describe Claudius's corruption. This insight ties personal historical context to Shakespeare's writing, noting that his father faced penalties under...
Curated Video
What is Leverage? Key Concepts in Negotiation
Leverage is a key concept in negotiation. So, what does it mean? I'll tell you.
Financial Times
The great train takeover
FT Big Deal - The fiercest takeover battle of 2021 took place in a sector that hadn’t seen a major deal in over 20 years: the railroad industry. The saga began in March when Canadian Pacific agreed to buy smaller rival Kansas City...
Curated Video
Facts About McDonald's
It’s no secret that McDonald’s food is unhealthy and the company is prone to scandals. But it might surprise you just how unhealthy it really is and how many scandals there truly are. The company—the single largest restaurant corporation...
Mr. Beat
How Animal Guts Gutted the 14th Amendment | The Slaughterhouse Cases
In episode 51 of Supreme Court Briefs, animal guts in the drinking water of New Orleans leads to the first major interpretation of the 14th Amendment by the Supreme Court.
PBS
Games That Can Teach You About Money!
Since Monopoly came out in the early 20th century, there has been a long tradition of learning about money through games. With the rise of video games, that tradition is more popular than ever!
Curated Video
Listening To Other Voices
Historian David Armitage (Harvard) describes the importance of looking at a conflict from a variety of different perspectives.
Curated Video
Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
The Gilded Age was a period of unprecedented industrial and economic growth in the United States – but were the men at the helm captains of industry or robber barons out for their own?
Curated Video
Dynamic Efficiency in Market Structures
The speaker discusses dynamic efficiency in this lecture video. He explains the difference between static efficiency and dynamic efficiency and provides examples of how they can be applied to analyze industries. He describes the three...
ACDC Leadership
Are you faster than Clifford? Micro Edition
Can you draw the graphs of microeconomics faster than me? Also, share this video with your teacher and see if he or she can beat my best times. Here are my times: 15 seconds- Natural monopoly regulated at socially optimal 23 seconds-...
Mr. Beat
Gibbons v. Ogden
New York State 1808 The New York state legislature grants Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton exclusive privileges to operate their steamboats on the rivers of the state. If those names sound familiar, it's because Livingston was, I...
Curated Video
Understanding and Analyzing Monopsony Power in the Labor Market
This video is a lecture on the topic of monopsony power in the labor market. The speaker explains the concept of monopsony and how it impacts the labor market for both workers and employers. The speaker also compares a perfectly...
Curated Video
Diagrammatic Analysis of Monopoly Market Structure
This video explains the concept of monopoly market structure, its diagrammatic analysis, and the behavior of monopolists. The video covers topics such as the downward-sloping demand curve, the profit-maximizing output, the price, and the...
Cerebellum
America, An Emerging World Power: 1896-1916 - Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission, Keating-owens Child Labor Act
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video focuses on documents...
Curated Video
Introduction to Monopoly
This video provides an introduction to the concept of monopoly in economics. It outlines the strict definition of monopoly and explains the spectrum of market structures, ranging from competitive to non-competitive. The video also...
ACDC Leadership
Micro Unit 4, Question 3- Monopoly, Elastic Range
Join the hundreds of thousands of students that have used Mr. Clifford's videos and resources to ace your microeconomics course.
ACDC Leadership
Monopoly Graph Review- Microeconomics
In this video I explain how to draw a monopoly making a profit. Remember to produce at MR = MC at charge a price up to the demand curve.
ACDC Leadership
Lump Sum and Per Unit: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
My 60 second explanation of the difference between lump sum and per unit subsidies. Remember, lump sum affects only fixed costs so MC won't shift. A per unit subsidy will affect MC and therefore output.
ACDC Leadership
Intro to Imperfect Competition- Micro Topic 4.1 (Part 1 of 2)
This is my 60ish second explanation why the MR curve is less than the demand for all imperfectly competitive firms (except for price discriminating monopolies). Keep in mind that a monopoly must lower the price of all units to sell more...
History Hit
The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives: The Parthian monopoly
Why were the Parthians intent on maintaining their monopoly on the silk trade? The Silk Roads: Changing Perspectives, Part 5
ACDC Leadership
2012 AP Econ Videos- We're a Monopoly (Arab Money)
A great music video from students in the middle east.