Inflation is something we more or less take for granted these days. The idea that 5 dollars today is not going to be able to buy 5 dollars worth of stuff in the future, and the fact that you used to be able to buy a family home for...

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MOT 1939: NEW YORK UNEMPLOYED: INT MS Poor men on food line. MS Unemployed men eating. EXT MS Men walking pass 'Work Program Administration' sign. CU Chart of world recovery. Great Depression poverty soup kitchen.

Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics at the New School, explores alternatives to economic orthodoxies, and the findings of his book Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises.<br/>

What was the purpose of writing his book? What were the important events of the early 1970's?<br/>
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 1

This lecture gives an introduction to economic policies and their relationship with economic activity, economic performance, and economic objectives. The various macroeconomic objectives are discussed, such as inflation rate,...

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Governments are typically concerned with curbing both unemployment and inflation, and there are two ways they approach this, fiscal policy and monetary policy. These are tools that can be used to speed or slow economic growth. What are...

Gita Gopinath, first deputy managing director of the IMF, discusses what inflation, market volatility and soaring interest rates mean for global growth.

Mr. Clifford explains how the Business Cycle shows the main concepts of macroeconomics.

Inflation is no longer transitory, but is it here to stay?



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Iman Amrani is back with Modern Masculinity, looking at the issues affecting men which relate to mental health in the shadow of Covid-19. In this episode, she returns to Leeds to speak to Neil, a barber who she met in series one, to find...

the big short was a fantastic movie, for finance nerds and regular viewers alike. One of the lines that stood out the most, amongst many memorable lines, was the claim that for every 1% increase in unemployment 40,000 people die....

The Pack Horse Library Initiative saw hundreds of female librarians cross the Appalachian Mountains to deliver books to those in need.

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In the isolated west of Tasmania an ominous red river divides the small mining town of Queenstown. A result of copper run-off from a closed mine, it is an ever-present reminder of the town’s history of environmental and industrial...

Five years ago, in a desperate act of protest against the oppression he faced in Tunisia, fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi killed himself by setting himself on fire. His death prompted protests in his home town of Sidi Bouzid. Hosni Kalaya...

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Are there individuals or big currents pushing us along when he is writing about history?<br/>
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry, Part 3

We just learned about the labor force, but what about those who are unemployed? What are the reasons that people might be unemployed? What does this signify about an economy? Is it possible or desirable for there to be zero unemployment?...

In which John discusses The Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s, a story from U.S. History he learned about only recently.

President Donald Trump has spent one year in office. But what exactly has he achieved? Here's a two-minute snapshot of his presidency so far.

We follow a personal story of one girl from Moldova who was tricked into being a sex slave in western Europe. Migration is one of the key themes of modern times, as more and more people leave their own countries to find work and an...

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