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Supply Curve Basics: Deriving the Shape and Understanding the Law of Supply
This video explains the basics of the supply curve and how to derive its shape. It also explores the law of supply and its relationship to the quantity supplied and the price of a product. The video also gives examples of firms and the...
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Understanding Buffer Stock Schemes and the Common Agricultural Policy
This video discusses buffer stock schemes, a government intervention strategy in commodity markets. The video explains how commodity markets operate and why price volatility can create issues for producers and consumers. The concept of...
Financial Times
Can meat-free products curb pet food's environmental impact?
The global pet food market is predicted to be worth $113bn by 2025. It’s a big business, but one that takes a toll on the planet. A recent US study estimated that in the United States, pet food could be responsible for a quarter of the...
The Art Assignment
Art Trip: PST: LA/LA | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Latin American and Latinx Art is celebrated across Southern California with the Getty-funded initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Catch a glimpse of as much of the art, artists, experiences, and tacos as we could pack into three...
Professor Dave Explains
Immunomodulators Part 1: Immunosuppressants
We've already begun examining some immunomodulating drugs, like the glucocorticoids, so let's zoom out for a more comprehensive view of this class. First let's check out immunosuppressants, drugs that suppress some unwanted or...
The Wall Street Journal
EU Commissioner for Agriculture on U.S.-EU Trade in Farm Products
Trade relations with the European Union have been fraught the last few years. European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski discusses where there is progress and what the future holds with WSJ's Patrick McGroarty.
Curated Video
Understanding Short-Run Costs in Economics
In this video, the topic of short-run costs is explored, specifically the distinction between short run and long run and its implications on costs. The video explains the specific definitions applied by economists to time frames,...
Professor Dave Explains
Synthetic Biology and Materials Science Part 2: Nature-Made Plastics
In the previous tutorial we outlined the basics regarding synthetic biology as applied to materials science. We can engineer microorganisms that will produce virtually any compound we want, via a series of reactions that are catalyzed by...
Curated Video
Long-Run Costs and Returns to Scale in Economics
This video discusses the topic of long-run costs in economics, specifically related to the concept of returns to scale. The video explains the difference between short-run and long-run factors of production and how this affects a firm's...
Curated Video
Introduction to Polymers and Polymerization Processes
The video discusses the structures and properties of polymers and explores two different ways of producing them, addition polymerization and condensation polymerization. The video also highlights the difference between the two...
Curated Video
Understanding Economies of Scale
The video explains the concept of economies of scale in microeconomics. It describes how businesses can increase their production scale and reduce their unit costs over time by becoming more experienced in producing goods and services,...
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Revenue and its Forms: Marginal, Average, and Total Revenue in Economics
The video explains the topic of revenue in economics and specifically focuses on three forms of revenue: marginal revenue, average revenue, and total revenue. The video provides a definition of revenue and demonstrates how to calculate...
Curated Video
Introduction to Productivity and its Effects on PPF Diagrams
The video is an educational resource that introduces the concept of productivity and its importance in economics. The presenter explains how productivity is the output per unit of input and how it can vary depending on factors such as...
Curated Video
Determinants of Price Elasticity of Supply
This video provides an explanation of the determinants of price elasticity of supply. The presenter first defines price elasticity of supply and explains the difference between elastic and inelastic goods. Then, the video discusses four...
Curated Video
Understanding Absolute and Comparative Advantage in Trade Theories
In this video, the speaker explains how trade theories such as absolute advantage and comparative advantage can help understand why countries engage in certain trading patterns and specialize in specific goods and services. The speaker...
Curated Video
Production of Heat and Carbon Dioxide in Respiration - Investigating Germinating Seeds
This video is a lecture presentation on the production of heat and carbon dioxide in respiration. The presenter explains the process of aerobic respiration, which is a chemical reaction between glucose and oxygen to produce carbon...
The Business Professor
Auditing - What is the Production Cycle
This video explains what is the Production Cycle in Audit practice.
Curated Video
Understanding Diseconomies of Scale in Market Structures
The video discusses the concept of economies of scale in markets and how they can impact the structure of those markets. The video also examines the factors that contribute to managerial diseconomies, such as poor communication and...
The Wall Street Journal
World Wildlife Fund Scientist on Agricultural Water Management
World Wildlife Fund scientist and policy adviser Melissa Ho discusses the impact of expanding water stress on our ability to feed the world with WSJ's Jesse Newman.
Curated Video
Understanding Externalities in Economics
The video covers the topic of externalities in economics. It explains how economic agents make decisions in market economies based on maximizing behavior, leading to private costs and benefits. The video defines internal and external...
Science360
Human Water Cycle - Agriculture
Water. It's an essential building block of life, constantly moving in a hydrologic cycle that flows in a continuous loop above, across and even below the Earth's surface. But water is also constantly moving through another cycle -- the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How China Escaped Shock Therapy
A story spanning thousands of years, there is far more to China's market reformation than many Western scholars might have you believe. -- China has become deeply integrated into the world economy. Yet, gradual marketization has...
Curated Video
Understanding Shutdown Points for Profit Maximization in the Short and Long Run
This video provides an in-depth explanation of shutdown points in economics, specifically focusing on the difference between short and long run decision making processes. The narrator introduces various economic concepts, such as the...
Curated Video
Understanding Long Run Average Cost Curves and Their Implications for Market Structure
The video discusses the long run average cost curves and their implications for the structure of the market. The video uses an example of a factory to demonstrate this concept and how the long run average cost curve is formed by the...