Instructional Video15:20
TED Talks

Chrystia Freeland: The rise of the new global super-rich

12th - Higher Ed
Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds -- and so is economic inequality, says writer Chrystia Freeland. In an impassioned talk, she charts the rise of a new class of plutocrats (those who are extremely powerful because they are...
Instructional Video2:38
The Business Professor

Monarchy

Higher Ed
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic, to fully autocratic,...
Instructional Video2:34
The Business Professor

Crony Capitalism

Higher Ed
Crony capitalism sometimes also called simply cronyism, is a pejorative term used in political discourse to describe a situation in which businesses profit from a close relationship with state power, either through an anti-competitive...
Instructional Video2:39
The Business Professor

Monarchy

Higher Ed
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic, to fully autocratic,...
Instructional Video2:37
The Business Professor

Crony Capitalism

Higher Ed
Crony capitalism sometimes also called simply cronyism, is a pejorative term used in political discourse to describe a situation in which businesses profit from a close relationship with state power, either through an anti-competitive...
Instructional Video17:35
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Yasheng Huang: The Architecture of Asia - INET Panel (4 of 7)

Higher Ed
Yasheng Huang is Professor of Political Economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a speaker at INET's Conference at Bretton Woods on April 10, 2011<br/>
Instructional Video18:36
Institute for New Economic Thinking

Q&A: The Architecture of Asia - INET Panel (7 of 7)

Higher Ed
Question and Answer Discussion session from INET's Conference at Bretton Woods, with participants including Paul Blustein, Joseph Stiglitz, Charles Dallara, Y.V. Reddy, Yasheng Huang, Brad Delong, and Yu Yongding<br/>
Instructional Video13:48
Khan Academy

When Capitalism is Great and Not-So-Great

8th - 12th
Comparing and contrasting Capitalism and Socialism, this lecture outlines many nuances between the two economic systems, including the ideas of meritocracy and "fairness." A discussion about the effects of either system gone "unchecked"...