Economics Explained
Is Wealth Inequality Actually a Problem?: Pushing Others Down
The wealthiest among us today live a life unparalleled by any other human throughout history. The greatest Kings and emperors could only dream of the life afforded to today’s billionaires. It doesn’t end there, even mere...
Economics Explained
The Economics of Bitcoin: Store of Value
The world of cryptocurrency began as little more than an experiment in computer engineering circles and has since evolved into (arguably) the most dynamic and volatile asset class ever conceived. In today's video, let's approach the...
Curated Video
Mansa Musa part 1: Rise to Power
Mansa Musa is remembered as one of the wealthiest rulers in history. He was of the Mandinka people and a ruler of the Mali Empire. Musa rose to power in 1312, at the height of the Mali empire and a time when the vast gold supply of...
Economics Explained
Is Wealth Inequality Actually a Problem?: The Benefits Of Inequality
The wealthiest among us today live a life unparalleled by any other human throughout history. The greatest Kings and emperors could only dream of the life afforded to today’s billionaires. It doesn’t end there, even mere...
Curated Video
Mansa Musa part 2: the Famous Hajj
Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca is the most famous story of the ruler and the main source of information about him. He traveled with a large entourage of slaves and lots of gold to display the power and wealth of the Mali Empire to the...
The March of Time
Booking airplane on runway
MOT 1949: INDIAN WEALTH: Angled WS Modern Indian house in tropical palm tree setting. People sitting outdoors at tables under sun umbrellas, drinking, smoking. EUROPEAN WEALTH: VS Club w/ people dancing, eating. TD MS Plate with meat and...
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: The diversity of Ancient African Currencies
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
Mediacorp
Empowering Marginalized Women: Creating a Ground-Up Difference
This video highlights the inspiring story of a young woman who overcame adversity and found her passion in making coffee. It also introduces a woman who started a business to empower marginalized women with employable skills. The video...
Curated Video
Understanding Wealth, Income, and Liquidity
In the video, the lecturer discusses the differences between wealth and income, and introduces the concepts of liquidity, stock, and flow. The video includes charts and surveys to illustrate the points and concludes by highlighting the...
Curated Video
Mary Carson Breckinbridge
Mary Carson, born into the wealthy Breckinridge family in 1881, changed the face of US midwifery. This is her story.
After Skool
Why Don't Country Flags Use The Color Purple?
For centuries purple dye was worth more than gold. The dye used to produce purple fabric came from a sea snail that only lived off the shores of modern day Lebanon. Because it was so rare, purple became associated with royalty. This is...
Mediacorp
Students from Different Educational Tracks Share Their Experiences
In this video, a teacher reflects on their experiences visiting different schools and organizing a face-to-face discussion among students from different educational tracks. The students share their expectations from their parents and the...
PBS
War and Peace and Everything Else (Feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." And in this day and age of publishing, where word count, “readability”, and topical relevance are the lifeline...
ACDC Leadership
Aggregate Demand- Macro Topic 3.1
In this video. I explain the most important graph in most introductory macroeconomics courses- the aggregate demand model. In this video I cover aggregate demand (AD), aggregate supply (AS), and the long run aggregate supply (LRAS). Make...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Camille Z. Charles - Racial Inequality
Camille Zubrinsky Charles is Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in the Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, Graduate School of Education, and the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is author...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Tax the Rich
"Patriotic people pay taxes." Morris Pearl talks with Rob Johnson about his new book, and the vision of his organization: Patriotic Millionaires.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
One Dollar. One Vote. [Emmanuel Saez]
Inequality is destroying our society. While taxation is meant to organize resources for the public good, our current tax system serves only the few. When wealth is consolidated, elections are bought, and democracy dies.
Jabzy
Viking Invasion of England - 3 Minute History
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Viking Invasion of England
Economics Explained
Can An Economy Grow Forever? part 3: Industrial Revolution
Can An Economy Grow Forever part 3/4: The video discusses the concept of industrial revolutions and how they have shaped human innovation over the centuries.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Who Picked the Pockets of America’s Households?
The 2008 financial meltdown wiped out what was left of the savings of millions of American families, but Professor Edward Wolff says decades of income inequality had set the stage for the collapse of their household wealth.
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: Ancient African weaponary and crafts
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...
Curated Video
Money Money Money - Top Idioms In English
Let's talk about money. I'm going to share the 20 top idioms in English relating to money.
The Africa Channel
Currency of Wealth: Ancient African fashion was also it's currency
Host Gugulethu Zuma-Ncube introduces the unusual yet fascinating forms of ethnographic African currencies; from personal adornments such as beads, shells, jewelry and even massive iron forms weighing as much as 100 pounds, to the...