Curated Video
USA: I-M-F - WORLD ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTLOOK
English/Nat
International Monetary Fund officials have announced the battered Asian economies are on the rebound in 1999.
Korea and Japan in particular, said the I-M-F, were showing signs of strong recovery after months of economic...
Curated Video
Trade patterns expert Krugman wins Nobel economics prize
1. Paul Krugman enters press conference UPSOUND: Applause
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Krugman, Winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences:
"Thank you. In case you want to know how these things work, I actually took the call...
Crash Course
Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, Craig is going to dive into the controversy of monetary and fiscal policy. Monetary and fiscal policy are ways the government, and most notably the Federal Reserve, influences the economy - for better or for worse. So we’re going...
Crash Course
Fiscal Policy and Stimulus: Crash Course Economics
In which Jacob and Adriene teach you about the evils of fiscal policy and stimulus. Well, maybe the policies aren't evil, but there is an evil lair involved. In this episode we learn how government use taxes and spending influence the...
Crash Course
What's all the Yellen About? Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Crash Course Economics
This week on Crash Course Economics, we're talking about monetary policy. The reality of the world is that the United States (and most of the world's economies) are, to varying degrees, Keynesian. When things go wrong, economically, the...
PBS
Should the U.S. Government Balance Its Budget?
You've probably heard a politician say, "If a household can balance their budget, then the federal government should, too!" But it turns out to be a bit more complicated than that...
ACDC Leadership
Key Graphs of AP Macroeconomics
It's time to review the 5 key graphs of macroeconomics. Make sure to watch the videos explaining each graph.
ACDC Leadership
Macroeconomics- Everything You Need to Know
*Note* At 25:48, the signs are reversed. I talk about scarcity, opportunity cost, the PPC, comparative advantage, supply and demand, GDP, unemployment, inflation, aggregate demand and supply, LRAS, Phillips Curve, economic growth, fiscal...
Financial Times
Coronavirus how to tackle the economic crisis
FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu analyses the emergency fiscal and monetary measures being taken to deal with the global financial and economic fallout from coronavirus.
ACDC Leadership
The Economics of the Coronavirus
I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy. Like many of you, I'm quarantined in my house so I made this quick video talking about some of the economic concepts associated with recent events. I talk about scarcity, shortages,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How the Federal Reserve's QE Has Contributed to Inequality
People in America get really angry at the Federal Reserve and at the "money system" in general during economic crises. The Fed draws hostility because of its power, its insulation from democratic accountability, its lack of transparency,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Bill Mitchell: Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
In a challenge to conventional views on modern monetary and fiscal policy, Professor Bill Mitchell of Newcastle University in Australia has emerged as one of the foremost exponents of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a heterodox challenge...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Credit Booms & Credit Busts
There is now a growing consensus among policymakers and academics that a key element to improve safeguards against financial instability is to strengthen the “macroprudential” orientation of regulatory and supervisory frameworks....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Pavlina Tcherneva - Bottom Up Fiscal Policy: Direct Employment of the Unemployed
To cure unemployment, mostly we prime the pump: we devise fiscal strategies on the presumption that jobs follow economic growth. But the strategies have not worked, unemployment remains high. That is why Pavlina Tcherneva studies...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Green New Deal vs. The Economy
How do we move fiscal policy from part of the problem to part of the solution? Nathan Tankus describes his recent work to better understand some of the gaps in the US economy.
ACDC Leadership
Macro Unit 3- Practice Questions #1
Some practice question videos are reserved for students that support ACDC Econ and purchase Ultimate Review Packet. The complete version of this video (and a bunch other hidden videos) comes with the packet. By the way, YouTube ad...
Curated Video
Fiscal Policy: Threats and Opportunities for Businesses
This video is a lecture on fiscal policy, which refers to the decisions a government makes about taxation levels and formats, government spending on services, and implications for government borrowing. The Chancellor of the UK sets out...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
China Goes for Gold?
In part 1 of INET's interview with David Hale, he discusses how China is positioning the RMB as a possible reserve currency by buying gold, and what this means for the dollar and the euro
The Wall Street Journal
The Fed's Jerome Powell on the U.S. Economy
Chairman of The Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell discusses the state of the American economy, the potential impact on Main Street and how that will translate to jobseekers.
Curated Video
Mario Seccareccia - Why Governments Should Run Deficits Now
What do nearly all governments have in common these days? They all are struggling to reduce fiscal deficits. Clearly, they are not listening to the advice from Mario Seccareccia, who says: Fiscal deficits? That's what we should be aiming...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Philippe Aghion: The Market or the State? (1/6)
State-owned firms are not as innovative as private firms. But it does not follow, Philippe Aghion says, that government ought to be small. Government is needed as investor in the economy's productive capacity -- R&D, education, green...
The Wall Street Journal
Trends In The Economy
Headwinds are building in the global economy, and central banks are responding apace. Here are a few scenarios for how the next 12 months might play out.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Adam Posen: What Japan and the UK Demonstrate about Macroeconomic Stimulus
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 first episode...
PBS
Will Economic Stimulus Save the Economy? (COVID-19)
The U.S. just passed the biggest economic stimulus package in history in response to COVID-19... what do past examples tell us about its effectiveness?