Institute for New Economic Thinking
Globalized Finance and the Crisis of 2008
The world economy is just starting to recover from the most disastrous episode in the history of financial globalisation. Understanding what happened is essential. Anton Brender and Florence Pisani, both economists teaching at...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Launch of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
At a news briefing held on Feb. 21, 2012, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the launch of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a public-private collaboration for accelerating the widespread...
Curated Video
Development Economics: Challenges and Solutions for Less Developed Countries
The video discusses development economics and the obstacles faced by lesser developed countries in achieving sustainable economic growth and development. The speaker covers various topics, such as the transition from the primary to the...
Mediacorp
Baba Ramdev: India's God Man and Yoga Master
This video explores the world of Baba Ramdev, India's most famous God man. With a $300 million estate and plans to open 700 schools, Baba Ramdev aims to address India's failing education system. However, the video also raises questions...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Legal Evil
From feudal land rights to intellectual property in the modern era, lawyers have been battling over capital for centuries. Typically leveraging social resources to generate and protect private wealth. Katharina Pistor (Columbia...
TLDR News
Could Coronavirus Start a Global Recession? - TLDR News.
COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, continues to spread across the world. As the virus spreads investors and businesses are getting nervous. So in this video, we're going to explore the economic effect of COVID-19 and how the...
TLDR News
The Future of Cryptocurrency? China's Entirely Digital Currency Explained (DCEP) - TLDR News
Earlier this year China started a closed trial of their new entirely digital currency, Digital Currency/Electronic Payment (DCEP). Linked to the Yuan, the DCEP is China's attempt to broaden it's influence and limit the proliferation of...
Curated Video
Understanding Aggregate Demand and Its Expenditure Components
The video explains the concept of aggregate demand and its four expenditure components that make up the total expenditure for an economy's goods and services over time - consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. The...
Hip Hughes History
The 1992 Election Explained
Slick Willy! Read my Lips! "Crazy Ross Perot! 1992 Election on your radar? Have no fear, HipHughes is here! Studying for a big exam and feel sick to your stomach? Well HipHughes has the right medicine for you, the election series for...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Peter Victor: What’s the Difference Between Growth and Prosperity?
For the most part, economic policy makers continue to make the case that achieving growth should be the over-arching objective of the global economy. In this context, environmentalism often is seen as a cost, a trade-off that inhibits...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Leadership of the Next New Economy | #8 | Venture Capital in the 21st Century
What will the next technological revolution look like? What challenges will be posed by climate change? Economists cannot approach it merely as an externalities pricing problem, but one which will require a wider range of policies to be...
PBS
Can the Food Service Industry Survive Coronavirus?
Food service is one of the first and hardest hit sectors of our economy... how are small business owners coping?
Curated Video
Understanding the Differences Between LRAS and Keynesian Aggregate Supply Curve
The video discusses the differences between the classical long-run aggregate supply curve (LRAS) and the Keynesian aggregate supply curve, with a focus on their shapes and shifts based on changes in factors of production.
Curated Video
Dueling Economies That Fueled the Civil War
Which economy was best for the country's future? The industrial economy of the North? Or the plantation system of the South? The stage was set for a financial fracas that would lead to the deadliest war in US history.
ACDC Leadership
Fiscal Policy and the Tax Multiplier Practice (2 of 2)- Macro Topic 3.8
In this video I explain how changes in taxation are different than changes in government spending. Keep in mind that tax cuts have less of an effect on AD than increasing spending since people save a portion of a tax cut. Thanks for...
Mr. Beat
The American Presidential Election of 2008
The 56th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 2008. This was the first election in which I voted in the primaries, and there were a lot of exciting candidates to vote for. But first, let's see how George W....
Curated Video
Deriving the Aggregate Demand Curve for Any Economy
This video is a lecture presentation that explains how to derive the AD (aggregate demand) curve for any economy. The presenter discusses the four main components of aggregate demand for any economy, namely consumption, investment,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
James Galbraith: Inequality and Macroeconomics Dynamics 3/5
James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government and Business Relations, University of Texas speaking at the panel entitled "The Impact of Inequality on Macroeconomics Dynamics" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
George Soros: Why We Need To Rethink Economics
In this short interview, Institute for New Economic Thinking co-founder George Soros tackles the question at the heart of the Institute's mission: What's wrong with economics and what can we do to change it?"Economic theory needs to be...
Curated Video
Understanding and Calculating the Multiplier Effect Using the Marginal Propensity to Consume
This is a tutorial video on the multiplier effect. The video aims to help viewers define, understand, and calculate the multiplier effect using the marginal propensity to consume (MPC). The speaker explains how the MPC determines the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Ronald Schettkat: Inequality and the Challenge of Employment 2/3
Ronald Schettkat, Professor of Economics at Schumpeter School, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany speaking at the panel entitled "Inequality and the Challenge of Employment" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Amir Herzberg: Cyber Security & Centralized Data, What Could Go Wrong?
A global watchdog has sounded the alarm about the growing danger of cyber attacks, on financial markets, warning that firms and regulators around the world need to address the “uneven” response to the threat of online assaults. And...
Curated Video
Covid-19: how it will change the world
Even when covid-19 is under control, the long-term effects of the virus will be far-reaching. How will the coronavirus pandemic—and the way it has been handled—change the world?