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Professor Dave Explains
Business Cycles: Boom and Bust
We are all somewhat familiar with economic expansion and recession. And pretty much everyone has heard of The Great Depression. What are recessions and depressions? How do we describe the business cycles that produce them? Let's define...
Curated Video
Understanding the Phillips Curve and the Tradeoff between Inflation and Unemployment
The video is about the Phillips curve, which shows the relationship between inflation and unemployment. The speaker explains how to analyze the tradeoff using the Phillips curve and highlights the short-term nature of this tradeoff. He...
The Wall Street Journal
How the Federal Reserve Plans to Tame Inflation
The Federal Reserve has announced plans to raise interest rates throughout this year. Hear from two experts as they discuss whether the Fed leadership can stop the U.S. from sliding into a recession.
Curated Video
Understanding Unemployment: Distribution and Consequences
The video is a lecture about the distribution of unemployment and its consequences in the UK. He discusses the differences between countries, regions, age, gender, and ethnic groups in terms of unemployment rates. He also talks about the...
ACDC Leadership
Business Cycles- Macro Topic 2.7
In this video I show you the business cycle and talk about how economists predict recessions. It turns out that they aren’t even that good at it. Remember, if someone tells you that they know for sure that there is going to be a...
ACDC Leadership
Classical and Keynesian Aggregate Supply- Macroeconomics
In this video I explain the three stages of the short run aggregate supply curve: Keynesian, Intermediate, and Classical.
Hip Hughes History
What is a Liberal? Ideology Explained
A summary of social liberalism through the lens of political ideology.
Step Back History
Unemployment, Automation, and the End of Capitalism
So yeah, the world's going through some political and economic changes. If we don't all die, then it could be awesome... IF we don't all die.
ACDC Leadership
Which country has the worst economy?
Which is worse? Tuvalu has the lowest GDP, Burundi has the lowest GDP per capita, Venezuela has massive inflation and long lines for basic necessities, and the economy of North Korea is...well, broken. What do you think? Which country...
ACDC Leadership
Unemployment- Macro Topic 2.3
Hey econ students! I made this video to help you understand unemployment. Make sure you can calculate the unemployment rate and the labor force participation rate. Also, make sure you know the three types of unemployment and why full...
Weird History
What Hygiene Was Like During The Great Depression
When you think of hygiene during the Great Depression, you might automatically assume the widespread unemployment and poverty resulted in a generally dirty and unkempt population. However, while many people were forced to live in...
Curated Video
Great Depression
This live-action video program is about the term Great Depression. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term Great Depression through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams...
ACDC Leadership
EconMovies 6: Back to the Future (Nominal vs. Real, Unemployment, Inflation)
Here is a gem of a resource for you and your learners to learn about nominal vs. real GDP and the different types of unemployment using clips from the film Back to the Future. This engaging presenter reviews the goals of an...
Jacob Clifford
Long-Run Aggregate Supply
What happens in the long run when aggregate demand increases? Find out how wages, aggregate supply, and the long-run aggregate supply graph are affected by following along with this economics instructor in his instructional video.
Jacob Clifford
The Phillips Curve (Short and Long Run)
How does one graph the Phillips curve? Here you'll find a great instructional video on how to use information and concepts from a basic aggregate supply and demand curve in order to draw the short run and long run Phillips curve.
Jacob Clifford
Intro - Aggregate Demand, Aggregate Supply, and Fiscal Policy
Similar to the value of reading a table of contents before delving into a complex textbook, check out this video introduction to a unit of economic concepts, including aggregate demand and supply and fiscal policy.
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve and You: What Is Unemployment?
Short video [0:35] explaining the official definition of unemployment and what the unemployment rate is.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unemployment: Unemployment Rate Primer (V2)
How the unemployment rate is calculated and what factors affect it.
Federal Reserve Bank
St Louis Fed: Unemployment: The Economic Lowdown Podcast Series, Episode 5
Economic Lowdown Podcast [9:02] explains the basics of unemployment and tells us how it is defined, measured and categorized into three types.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unemployment: Unemployment Rate Primer
This video explains how the headline unemployment rate (U-3) is calculated.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unemployment: Simple Analysis of Cost Per Job Saved From Stimulus
A simple analysis of the cost per job that was saved by stimulus spending. [3:10]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Inflation and Unemployment: Phillips Curve
Discusses the observation that inflation and unemployment tend to be inversely correlated. [8:46]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unemployment
Analyzing unemployment data to show that "real" unemployment is worse than the headline numbers show. [12:53]