Experience the ebb and flow of the economy with a video reviewing the fundamental concepts of the business cycle. Here you'll find an explanation of how unemployment, GDP growth, and inflation are all present in a basic graph of the...

African Americans are being especially hard hit by the 2009 economic crisis. In St. Louis, Missouri, thirty percent of them are unemployed. After watching this news video, teachers can refer to the accompanying questions to lead a...

Crash Course Economics video with Adriene and Jacob discussing the dynamics of economy, recession, hyperinflation and stagflation. [9:53]

Choreographed by Pilobolus dance company and narrated by economic historian John Steele Gordon, Lee Hirsch's "Recession" mounts an entertaining and educational look at what causes an economic recession and how recovery is stimulated.

A n overview of the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s.

This video demonstrates how different points of the business cycle correspond to the production possibilities curve. The discussion includes unemployment, inflation, expansions, recessions, and economic growth. [6:08]

This video explains quantitative easing, also known as credit easing. [2:46]

Economists typically focus on three kinds of unemployment: cyclical, frictional, and structural. Learn about them, and how they relate to the business cycle, in this video. [5:38]

This video explains how fiscal policy can be used to close output gaps. Fiscal policy means using either taxes or government spending to stabilize the economy. Expansionary fiscal policy can close recessionary gaps and contractionary...

In previous lessons, we've learned how expansionary monetary policy and expansionary fiscal policy can be used to mitigate a recession, but they don't have to be used in isolation from each other. Learn what happens when they are used at...