The video provides an in-depth overview of the European Union, its history, purpose, and the benefits and drawbacks of membership. The speaker discusses the institutions of the EU and the impact of EU policies on member countries. The...

In this video we will rank the European Union (EU) as if it were a country on the Economics Explained National Leaderboard, after exploring the economic challenges and opportunities facing all current member states. The EU collectively...

With the ambitious goal of becoming the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050, the European Union has committed to creating a greener world for future generations. In this bold talk, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...

Brexit has shaken things up not only inside Britain but outside as well in the EU. What were the causes that led to this separation and how does it affect the economy moving forward?





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After the most recent EU reunion which took place in Brussels late last week, it has become abundantly clear that the European Union is getting serious about developing its own army. Perhaps the European Union feels it's forced to take...

Did my best to explain how European Union laws appear in one minute. I've highlighted the role of each EU institution in all of this, specifically the European Commission, the council of the European Union and the European Parliament....

A one-minute video which explains what the European Union is, what the Eurozone is, how everything started and what the biggest challenges of the EU currently are. Please like, comment and subscribe if you've enjoyed the video. To...

European Union popularly addressed as the EU is a political and economic union of 28 states that are situated in Europe mainly. 19 EU member states follow a monetary union and they use Euro as their currency. Italy, Belgium, Netherlands,...

During the 1990s, Argentina had been the poster child for Neoliberal policies—they adopted virtually the whole of the so-called “Washington Consensus” agenda lock-stock-and-barrel. They even adopted a currency board. And unlike...

Eight questions related to the European Union have been asked on this week's edition of One Minute Answers from One Minute Economics: 1) one about adjusting for inflation and where you can find data for non-US countries 2) one about...

I just re-read the introduction for Hans Werner-Sinn. There's a few grammatical errors that I picked up. Maybe you can replace with this version (which fixes the mistakes):



As the interview with Hans Werner-Sinn...

From the very start, the European Monetary Union (EMU) was set up to fail. The host of problems we are now witnessing, from the solvency crises on the periphery to the bank runs in Spain, Greece, and Italy, were built into the very...

How do they hurt the economies doing the sanctioning? What is the difference between economic sanctions and regular old trade restrictions?

What Can Go Wrong? Ultimately, will the sanctions

work?

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How do they hurt the economies doing the sanctioning? What is the difference between economic sanctions and regular old trade restrictions?

What Can Go Wrong? Ultimately, will the sanctions

work?

Helping you become...

Could The Whole World Use Just One Currency? part 1/4: This video explores the idea of a single universal currency for the world and the potential benefits and drawbacks of such a system. The video also looks at the history of universal...

Margrethe Vestager wants to keep european markets competitive -- which is why, on behalf of the eu, she's fined Google $2.8 billion for breaching antitrust rules, asked Apple for $15.3 billion in back taxes and investigated a range of...

Many people think the lines on the map no longer matter, but Parag Khanna says they do. Using maps of the past and present, he explains the root causes of border conflicts worldwide and proposes simple yet cunning solutions for each.

* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Journalist Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks, which have...

With key UK Government figures continuing to criticise the Northern Ireland Protocol they agreed to less than a year ago, some have predicted that Boris Johnson might trigger Article 16, and unilaterally suspend the Protocol and checks...

After Brexit the UK will be free to make it's own trade deals and establish it's own new relationships. One new union which has been discussed is the CANZUK model, bringing together the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand....

The great achievement of the EU has been to reduce the probability of violent nationalist conflict among some of its members to a vanishing small probability while improving the economic lot of its members. But in spite of...

Kevin O'Rourke describes a political trilemma in Europe. He says that if the nation state remains dominant in the Eurozone, the trilemma suggests two possibilities. Either public opinion is successfully ignored in countries like...

Welcome to our video series titled "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.



This episode...

Welcome to our new video series titled "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today.



This episode...