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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...
Gresham College
The Currency of Management - Professor Michael Mainelli
The implicit 'currencies' behind managing real people will be discussed - how communities exchange things and in the process create their own form of currency. The currencies within organisational communities can be power, influence,...
Curated Video
Medicare for All Explained: Real Costs, Benefits, and Challenges
Medicare for all explained. Medicare for all cost? Single payer. Medical costs in the United States are the highest in the world. Yet, not everyone in the United States is participating. We have 27 million...
Curated Video
A Constitution at Last
"A Constitution at Last" analyzes opposing beliefs by comparing the viewpoints of the Federalists and Antifederalists concerning ratification of the Constitution and inclusion of the Bill of Rights.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Yvo Desmedt: Much Ado About Cyber Security
Private data is leaked more and more in our society. Wikileaks, Facebook, and identity theft are just three examples. Network defenses are constantly under attack from cyber criminals, organized hacktivists, and even disgruntled...
Curated Video
What is Opportunity Cost?
There's an old saying: ‘Time is money’. It's all about Opportunity Cost.
It means, if you try to save money by doing something yourself, you may be omitting to think about the value of your...
It means, if you try to save money by doing something yourself, you may be omitting to think about the value of your...
Curated OER
Brief Overview of All Types of Government!
A video for a high school government class defines five major forms of government (monarchy, anarchy, oligarchy, democracy, and republic) and compares them in terms of pros and cons for society. The video is good, but it does highlight...
PBS
Inca Origins
Origin stories aren't just for comic books. Learners explore the Inca origin story and compare it to other familiar creation myths with an installment of the Native American Stories series. An easy-to-use lesson plan includes an...
Macat
An Introduction to Robert Dahl's Democracy and Its Critics
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "Government of the people, for the people, and by the people shall not perish from the Earth." A video summary of Robert Dahl's Democracy and Its Critics, part of a larger playlist on the world's greatest...
PBS
New Mexico and Las Gorras Blancas
Fence cutters, lost land, and cattle ranchers. The video explains the plight of Hispanic Americans when New Mexico became a state. The video also shows young historians why New Mexico's statehood was less violent than that of Texas.
TED-Ed
What Did Democracy Really Mean in Athens?
Did you know elections only played a small role in Athenian democracy? Take a look at the fascinating origins of Athenian direct democracy in ancient Greece, and compare their political structures to our understanding of...
C-SPAN
On This Day: March For Our Lives Rally
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting which took the lives of 17 innocent victims inspired more young activists to take up a cause. Academics learn how the March For Our Lives agenda was formed from this tragic event and how...
Crash Course
What's all the Yellen About? Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve
Most countries experience an economic slump from time to time. Learn about the ways the Federal Reserve can intervene in a struggling economy before a crisis occurs with a short video from Crash Course Economics that focuses on...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans Politics and Native Relations in New England Colonies
The British colonies of New England and Chesapeake developed forms of government that were unusually democratic for the time and omitted Native Americans in their society. Both colonies are compared and contrasted.