Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: International Trade: Competition and Cooperation in a Globalized World
Series of videos by notable scholars helps students consider the policy choices facing the United States and introduces them to the terms and concepts essential for a basic understanding of international trade.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: What Is Economics?
Introduction to economics using notes and a corresponding video teaches students the basic definition of economics which involves individual choice. [1:12]
The Economics of Seinfeld
Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Baby Shower
Economics lesson using hilarious clip [2:21] from Seingfeld season 2 episode in which students learn about cost-benefit analysis and the economics of crime in a humorous presentation.
Other
Youtube.com: Economic Scarcity and the Function of Choice
A brief lesson on economic scarcity and resources including land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. [3:07]
The Economics of Seinfeld
The Economics of Seinfeld: The Non Fat Yogurt
Seinfeld clip [4:44] from an episode that teaches us about the economic concept of demand, featuring Jerry and Elaine's crusade as they begin to get fat from the yogurt they are eating.
The Economics of Seinfeld
Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Andrea Doria
Hilarious Seinfeld episode clip [4:28] portrays the economics concept of incentive as Jerry delivers mail for Newman in an effort to help him.
The Economics of Seinfeld
The Economics of Seinfeld: The Foundation
Economics lesson on economies of scale taught with humor through Seinfeld episode clip [4:03] in which Kramer illustrates the concept and demonstrates the importance of size and scale.
The Economics of Seinfeld
The Economics of Seinfeld: The Glasses
Funny clip from Seinfeld episode [0:35] in which Jerry illustrates the economic concepts of dual-self models and time inconsistency when he talks about staying up late and paying the price in the morning.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cognitive Biases: Reference Dependence and Loss Aversion
Laurie Santos, a psychologist at Yale University, explains two of our classic economic biases: reference dependence and loss aversion. Using a classic scenario from Kahneman and Tversky's studies, she explores how these two biases...
Crash Course
Crash Course Econ #18: Marginal Analysis, Roller Coasters, Elasticity, Van Gogh
Crash Course Economics video teaches us about marginal analysis and elasticity in the U.S. market place. [11:32]
Other
Jennifer Wilkinscolvin: Youtube: Module 1: Scarcity and Choice
An animated basic economic lesson about scarcity and choice. [2:08]
The Economics of Seinfeld
Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Bottle Deposit
Hilarious clip [4:32] from Seinfeld episode, season 7, in which students will learn about opportunity cost, variable and fixed cost, and incentive when they decide to use Newman's mail truck to arbitrage empty bottles from New York to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cognitive Biases: Pricing Biases
Laurie Santos (Yale University) examines how people's economic choices tend to confuse price and value. She then describes how these so-called pricing biases compel us to incorrectly assume that higher priced goods will often work and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Food, Inc.: The Dollar Menu
Video clip [5:11] from filmmaker, Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., in which he reports about the economics of the food industry and how the cost of foods affects their choices. Includes supplemental support materials for teachers and...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Opportunity Cost
Students learn about opportunity cost and play a Kahoot game to review.
BBC
Bbc Video 4: The Invisible Hand
BBC Video 4 This video focuses on philosopher Adam Smith used the metaphor of an 'invisible hand' to describe how individuals making self-interested decisions can collectively and unwittingly engineer an effective economic system that is...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Visualizing Marginal Utility Mu and Total Utility Tu Functions
This video shows how to visualize marginal utility (MU) and total utility (TU) functions graphically. This resource from Khan Academy is designed as a review for the AP Microeconomics Test or a college-level microeconomics course.