This video is a lecture on the role of financial markets and the functions they play in facilitating an economy. The speaker discusses various financial assets such as shares, bonds, securities, and currencies that are traded in...

When floods, droughts, and other natural disasters hit isolated and poor regions of the world, it can have devastating impacts on the local price of food. NASA Goddard research scientist Molly Brown is using satellite data to...

A Nobel Laureate is heartened that the global crisis has demolished the free market fundamentalist paradigm and opened up the possibilities for a 21st-century economics.

Digital alternatives to traditional asset classes like cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens are reshaping business. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses what's next for crypto regulation, including the potential for...

Inflation is no longer transitory, but is it here to stay?



Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest topics and headlines through the eyes of economists. The team...

In light of the potential collapse of our climate, momentum garnered by Greta Thunberg and raging Australian wildfires, Intelligence Squared hosted a climate...[Part 4/5] Tony Juniper Has a Plan to Tackle the Climate Crisis

A fun and focused introductory video lecture by an experienced teacher describing the essentials of FDR's Good Neighbor policy with Latin America. Perfect for life long learners, social studies students and lost college kids.

ChangeMakers Ralph Chami – IMF & The Carbon Capacity of Marine Mammals

Hyperinflation has been a doomsday scenario for modern economies throughout the last century. In all of these failed countries (Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Hungary, Yugoslavia, etc.) there have been uniform warning signs, the same signs...

The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest and most liquid securities market.



It's where many of world's largest companies list their shares to be traded amongst millions of investors worldwide; ranging...

The video discusses international factors that affect the rate and progress of development in a developing economy, moving away from domestic factors such as local infrastructure and institutions. The concept of terms of trade is...

What Money Can’t Buy is a six-part series exploring the role of money and morals in today’s world.Should you be able to sell your kidney? Should we auction off the right to immigrate? What about paying people to vote? Is there anything...

This video is about calculating concentration ratios in a market, especially in an oligopoly. The video explains what concentration ratios are, how they help understand the market structure, and how to calculate them for different...

Hedge Funds Explained part 2/4: This video explains the concept of hedge funds, tracing its origins as a means for wealthy individuals to diversify their investments and manage risk. The video introduces the idea of short selling and how...

Opinions about the state of the nation's economy are often divided along political lines. But when it comes to their personal finances, most Americans haven't actually felt an improvement since President Trump's inauguration.

An economy is a collection of production and consumption processes that are all working towards solving the central economic problem.



The problem is that we only have access to a finite amount...

When it comes to farming through the winter months, Tom DeNoble of DeNoble's Farm Fresh Produce in Tillamook is no romantic.

The Christmas Crash of 2018 was a really important case study that up until now has been pretty much forgotten and even when it was happening probably didn’t get the attention it should. What was the Christmas crash? What caused it?...

In this short video, we filmed a berry farmer, one of the largest direct to market sellers in the area, as they harvested and prepared their fresh berries for a local farmer's market. Unger Farms, located in Cornelius, Oregon (about 25...

Summer is the heart of berry season in Oregon, and we visit Unger Farm, a thriving fresh, berry farm, whose primary market are local farmer's markets—during the peak of season, 17 of them— each week!

Theresa Draper has up to 10 people relying on her, and her Upick farm for their income. Draper has found that by diversifying her 40 acre farm, adding added value products, and being creative, for example, opening an old farm house to...

Rishi Sunak has now been selected as Britain's next PM, but with the lifespan of the UK's leaders slipping, can he stay in number 10 longer than Truss? And if he can... what will he actually be able to do with that power?

After replacing Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt has ditched basically every one of the policies in his mini-budget. But after another major and embarrassing u-turn from Truss, is her position as Prime Minister becoming...

The last month has been utter chaos for Liz Truss, with her Premiership getting off to a disastrous start (and maybe end). So let's outline what's happening for those of you not paying 100% attention, and outline the timeline of how we...