Healthcare Triage
Nobody Uses Sunscreen Right, and We Still Don't Pay Doctors Equally
Studies show that sunscreen is too expensive, and it probably encourages people not to use enough. Also, unequal pay for women is still very much a thing in medicine.
The Wall Street Journal
Dara Khosrowshahi On Uber's New Rules For The Road
Uber's Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the evolution of the 'sharing economy,' progress on rebuilding trust with local regulators around the world, and the path forward for gig economy workers.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Satyajit Das: The Cultural Transformation of the World of Finance (5/6)
We are reaching the end of the cycle of financialization as a growth machine. In addition, the speculation that drives food prices ultimately may lead to social unrest and the rise of political extremism, Das says in Part 5 of this INET...
The Wall Street Journal
Inflation, Markets and the Economy
UBS chairman Axel Weber discusses resurgent inflation around the world and what it means for business, markets, politics and the economy.
Financial Times
How soyabeans crisis is coming home
Argentina, a leading producer of soyabeans, has suffered a drought - pushing prices up. Soyabean meal is a key source of protein used to feed chicken, pigs, cows and fish around the globe as well as an important kitchen ingredient.
Programming Electronics Academy
Ep. 18: Miniature Arduinos with Ken Burns at TinyCircuits
This week Michael sits down with electrical engineer and entrepreneur Ken Burns. Ken is the founder of TinyCircuits, a company that designs and builds tiny open source electronics for makers and hobbyists. Ken talks about the inspiration...
Economics Explained
Poverty in China, and How To Solve It: Measuring Poverty
Whenever we see China in the news it’s normally for some impressive statistic about building stuff, or how it is now home to the most millionaires in the world, or maybe it’s even an article about whatever geopolitical tomfoolery they...
The March of Time
1952: WOMEN: INT VS Vera Schmidt in kitchen talking about family, high prices when shopping, budgets, husband & job, Depression days, worth of dollar, voting for Adlai Stevenson during 1952 U.S. presidential election (SOT).
MOT 1952: WOMEN: INT VS Vera Schmidt in kitchen talking about family, high prices when shopping, budgets, husband & job, Depression days, worth of dollar, voting for Adlai Stevenson during 1952 U.S. presidential election (SOT).
IDG TECHtalk
iPhone 9 release and high-end vs. low-end smartphones
Apple is rumored to announce its new, lower-end iPhone at the end of March. Modeled after the iPhone 8, the iPhone 9 (or maybe it'll be called the iPhone SE 2) will offer consumers a cheaper alternative to the higher-end iPhone 11 or...
Healthcare Triage
Orphan Drugs part 4: Fixing the System
Drug companies love the Orphan Drug Act. They say it encourages research into breakthrough therapies for people with rare disease. And sometimes that's true. Lots of the time, though, the companies would've pursued the research anyhow....
Curated Video
Policies to Influence Income and Wealth Distribution in an Economy
In this video, the speaker discusses the policies that can be implemented to influence the distribution of income and wealth within an economy. They explain the different measures used to measure inequality, the rationale for tackling...
Financial Times
Why Hong Kong is the world's least affordable city
The rate rise by the US Federal Reserve has lifted mortgage rates in Hong Kong making it a more expensive place to live. The FT's Emma Dunkley looks at why the property market is overvalued.
Blockchain Central
Are STO's the End of Blockchain as We Know It?
This week on Blockchain Central: we’re going to talk about STO's - something that can revolutionize blockchain industry, or could also bring it down. Let's dive into it!
Curated Video
Big Numbers in Economics: Understanding and Writing Them Out
This video is a lecture on dealing with big numbers in economics. The lecturer explains the importance of being able to interpret and write out large numbers, given the positive influence of population growth on economic activity and the...
Curated Video
The Complete Excel Guide: Beginners to Advanced - Exercise 9
Let us do a practice exercise. This clip is from the chapter "Excel 2019 Advanced: Graphs and Charts" of the series "The Complete Excel Guide: Beginners to Advanced".In this section, we'll explore graphs and charts.
TLDR News
Are Britain's Shortages Actually Increasing Wages? Johnson Claims So... - TLDR News
Over the weekend Johnson defended his record on the food and fuel shortages, insisting that they were actually a good thing, pushing up wages (especially among the poorest groups). That seems like a bit of a difficult argument, so in...
The Wall Street Journal
Investing in the Future of Food
Two top food-industry investors, GGV Capital Managing Partner Hans Tung and Tyson Foods executive John R. Tyson, discuss where they’re setting their sights and where they're pulling back.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Money View: CDS Deja Vu 2-7-11
This video visually illustrates the ideas behind Perry Mehrling's Money View post titled "CDS Deja Vu" at INET Online.
Curated Video
Understanding Demand: Factors Affecting Quantity Demanded
This is a lecture presentation on demand, explaining the technical connotations of the word and how it relates to pricing and consumer behavior. The presenter uses the example of a Peugeot car to demonstrate the relationship between...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Perry Mehrling - Dealer Capital
The video is related to and expands on a blog post in The Money View:
Curated Video
Calculating Price Elasticity of Demand and its Importance for Businesses.
This is a lecture video that explains how to use the formula for price elasticity of demand (PED) to calculate the PED for different goods in order to solve problems. The video starts by explaining the formula for PED and then...
Economics Explained
Here's Why Supply and Demand is Overrated! | Economics Explained
If you were to ask any random person on the street what it is that they knew about economics there is a pretty good chance that the first thing that they would blurt out would be the words “Supply & Demand” The number of people out there...