Institute for New Economic Thinking
How the Stock Market Drives Wealth Inequality
When the stock market grows faster than the housing market, the gains of the top 1% outpace those of the middle class. INET Fellow and University of Bonn professor Moritz Schularick discusses the drivers of wealth inequality.
TLDR News
The UK and US Special Relationship Explained
The UK and US have one of the longest standing relationships between nations. They work together on trade, military operations and intelligence sharing. But how close are the two countries, and how much do they rely on each other?
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Cybersecurity Framework Workshop Rebecca Blank
Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank calls for industry to work with NIST in partnership to develop a voluntary framework that will promote best practices at critical infrastructure facilities and businesses to keep the U.S. safe.
TLDR News
Does the EU Really Need the UK? - Brexit Explained.
When scrolling through comments you often see people say "they need us more than we need them". So we have tried to respond to that once and for all. We look at if the EU relies on the UK for trade, how the EU budget will cope without...
The Wall Street Journal
Who's Behind That Gig?
"Gig economy" companies allow plenty of flexibility but comparatively little security for their labor force. One company is trying to give companies peace of mind about who's working on their platform while also giving workers more...
Sustainable Business Consulting
Options for Climate Policy
Describes other ways that countries are combating climate change
Curated Video
Covid-19: what will happen to the global economy?
The covid-19 pandemic has caused economic chaos and uncertainty. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, our deputy editor, answer your questions about the global economy
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Yuning Gao: The Future of China and the RMB - A Historical Perspective
Welcome to our new video series called "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 features Dr....
TLDR News
Did Trump Strengthen the American Economy? Trump's First Term Analysed - TLDR News
With the 2020 Presidential Election getting closer by the day, we wanted to take a detailed look at the promises Trump made during his campaign and whether he stuck to them during his first term in the White House. In this video, we look...
ACDC Leadership
Macro Unit 3, Question 20- Shifting LRAS and Economic Growth
Join the hundreds of thousands of students that have used Mr. Clifford's videos and resources to ace your macroeconomics course.
Cerebellum
American Transformation And Industrialisation: 1868-1890 - The Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. In this video, documents conceived...
Curated Video
Understanding Aggregate Demand Curve Shifts
This video is a lecture on the factors that instigate shifts in the aggregate demand curve of an economy. The presenter explains the components of aggregate demand and how changes in consumption, investment, government spending, and net...
Curated Video
Paying for the Civil War
It cost the equivalent of billions of dollars in today’s money, and left the US government crippled with debt. But how, exactly, did America pay for the Civil War?
Institute for New Economic Thinking
James Galbraith: Governing With A Higher Purpose To Spur Innovation
The United States’ deep political polarization is blinding the nation from seeing what it takes to create an effective innovation economy. Simply put, to many figures on the political right the government is simply a source of corruption...
ACDC Leadership
Mr. Clifford interviews Chairman Bernanke about why you should study economics?
Why should you study economics? Ben Bernanke and I sit down to talk about economic education, drawing graphs, the fact that he barely passed his first economics class, and what he thinks about students that decide not to take economics....
Financial Times
GameStop's wild ride: how Redditors took on Wall Street
An army of retail investors gathered on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum to take on short-selling hedge funds and send shares in video game retailer GameStop, and several other 'meme stocks', on a rollercoaster ride. This film explains how...
The Wall Street Journal
CalPERS' Anne Simpson on ESG Investing and the Food Industry
Anne Simpson, managing investment director of CalPERS, one of the world's largest pension funds, discusses the growing power of the investor, and its potential impact on the global business of food, with WSJ Business Editor Jamie Heller.
Science360
Supercomputers Assist In Climate Forecasting - Innovators
Responding to the challenge of climate change requires understanding more about climate variability and the changes expected. Jim Kinter, director of the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA), explains how scientists there are...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Dirk Bezemer - Growth and Crisis: The Two Faces of Credit
At least since Joseph Schumpeter we know that credit is good for economic growth. At least since 2007 we know that too much credit foreshadows financial turmoil. Inspired by Keynes and Minsky, Dirk Bezemer pieces together a cross-country...
Hip Hughes History
The 1996 Election Explained
Mr. Hughes slides on through the electoral college of 1996, looking at major reasons for Bill Clinton's victory over Republican Bob Dole and the second smaller coming of Ross Perot.
Sustainable Business Consulting
Carbon Pricing
Delivers the case for carbon pricing and provides viable options and case studies around cap and trade and carbon taxes
Curated Video
Understanding Aggregate Demand and Short-Run Aggregate Supply Shifts
This video explains the concepts of inward and outward shifts in aggregate demand and short run aggregate supply and how they affect the economy. The speaker talks about how these shifts can lead to changes in price level and real output...
History Hit
Ottoman Empire with Kate Fleet: What about religion
Did the Ottomans success have to do with religious morale or technological advantages? When does religion become important at times for the Ottoman? Ottoman Empire with Kate Fleet, Part 3
History Hit
The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan: Our thoughts on history
What do we normally do when we think about history? Is there a problem thinking this way? The Silk Roads with Peter Frankopan, Part 1