Economics Explained
High Frequency Trading (Hfts): Dark Pools
The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest and most liquid securities market. It's where many of world's largest companies list their shares to be traded amongst millions of investors worldwide; ranging from small individual...
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Types of Profit- Old Version
In this video I explains the difference between explicit costs and implicit costs and the idea of economic profit. By the way, it's a joke. Economists and accountants don't really hate each other. It is a running gag between disciplines....
The Wall Street Journal
What Are The New Risks In Ransomware?
WSJ's Marilia Wyatt and David Breg discuss the latest incidents of ransomware attacks, the new compliance risks for businesses, and how attackers may respond.
The Wall Street Journal
The Cyber Security Threat
What are the most effective ways to spend on cyber security and how should we measure success? Is the spending producing results?
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Calculating Concentration Ratios in Oligopoly Markets
This video is about calculating concentration ratios in a market, especially in an oligopoly. The video explains what concentration ratios are, how they help understand the market structure, and how to calculate them for different...
The March of Time
Male villagers radio signs
MOT 1949: INDIA BUSINESS: TU Plaque: 'Imperial Chemical Industries (India) Ltd.' VS Inside office w/ British businessman talking w/ Indian male at desk. Angled WS Tata Group offices. CU Plaques listing Tata businesses. VS Tata office,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Are Corporations’ Financial Investments Slowing Growth?
Are corporations’ financial investments crowding out other corporate spending? Leila Davis looks at the financialization of non-financial corporations—i.e., firms that traditionally produce goods and services and invest in machinery,...
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Economic Threats and Opportunities: Understanding Exchange Rates
In this video, the presenter explains the economic threats and opportunities posed by exchange rates in today's globalized business world. He discusses how exchange rates impact firms that source their raw materials from foreign firms or...
The Business Professor
ABC Hierarchy - Limitations
Activity based costing or the ABC Hierarchy as part of the ABC method has numerous limitations.
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Micro Unit 4 Intro- Imperfect Competition AP Economics
A quick overview of what you will cover in Unit 4 of Microeconomics. Virtually all teachers will cover the same topics, but keep in mind that some teachers might teach a few concepts in a different order.
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The Risks and Rewards of Launching a New Product: An Introduction to Ansoff's Matrix
The video discusses the importance of businesses being aware of the risks and challenges associated with launching a new product or service onto the market. The speaker explains Ansoff's matrix, which outlines the level of risk that...
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Introduction to the Marketing Mix: Understanding the Four P's
The video discusses the marketing mix model, which outlines the key elements that businesses need to consider when designing marketing or advertising campaigns. The model includes four elements, namely product, price, promotion, and...
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Assessing Perfect Competition Market Structure and Efficiency
This video is a lesson on the market structure of perfect competition. The instructor explains the characteristics, efficiency results, and limitations of perfect competition. The instructor also discusses how firms may not invest much...
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Game Theory Dominant Strategy Practice: Econ Concepts in 60 Seconds
Here is my 60 second explanation of how to identify the dominant strategy with game theory payoff matrix. The numbers in the left of each square are for the firm on the left. The numbers on the right are for the firm on the top.
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Innovation and Its Importance for Business Performance
This video provides an overview of innovation and its importance for businesses. The speaker discusses the various forms of innovation, including process and product innovation, and how they can help a business improve their...
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Competitive Markets and Barriers to Entry - Understanding Market Dynamics
This video explains the concept of competitive markets and how barriers to entry affect the competitiveness of a market. It discusses the characteristics of a competitive market and the main market structures, including perfect...
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Oligopoly and Game Theory- Micro Topic 4.5
My 90 second explanation of oligopolies and game theory. Understanding how to read the chart is the first step. The numbers in the left of each square are for the firm on the left. The numbers on the right are for the firm on the top....
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Maximizing Profit and the Shut Down Rule- Micro Topics 3.5 and 3.6
Hey econ students. If there is only ONE thing that you need to know for your microeconomics class and for running your own business it’s the profit-maximizing rule. You always produce where MR = MC. Well, not always. Sometimes you should...
Curated Video
Evaluating Government Regulation
The video evaluates government regulation in markets that contain externalities, with a focus on pollution as an example. The concept of deadweight loss is explained and compared to the benefits and drawbacks of regulation, such as...
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Understanding Oligopolies: Market Structure and Outcomes
This video discusses the concept of oligopolies in market structure. The video emphasizes the high interdependency between firms in oligopoly markets and the lack of a specific theoretical explanation for how oligopolies behave. It...
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Understanding Porter's Five Forces Model for Competitive Strategy
This video discusses Porter's Five Forces model, which was developed by Michael Porter in the 1980s as a framework for analyzing the competitive pressures and forces that businesses face when competing in a market. The video explains...
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2011 AP Econ Videos- I Want to be a Monopolist (Billionaire Parody)
Each year students at San Pasqual High School create music videos that include key concepts form AP microeconomics. The students choose their own groups and topics. They have one week and two weekends to create the video.
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Introduction to Pollution Permits and Government Intervention
In this video, the topic of pollution permits is discussed, including why they are required, how they operate, and their effectiveness as a government intervention to reduce pollution in markets. The video provides an example of how...
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Oligopolies and Game Theory- EconMovies #8: The Dark Knight
Students- EconMovies explain economic concepts through movies. In this episode, I use The Dark Knight to explain oligopolies, game theory, dominate strategy, and Nash equilibrium. Good luck studying economics. If you're good at...