TED Talks
TED: Democracy works — we just need better leaders | Lindiwe Mazibuko
South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s with a visionary constitution, but the promises of that constitution are largely unfulfilled to this day. Public leader Lindiwe Mazibuko explores how poor leadership failed to deliver a...
TED Talks
TED: Is technology our savior — or our slayer? | Ruha Benjamin
When it comes to technology, we're often presented with two contrasting visions of the future: one where technology fulfills all our desires, and another where it leads to chaos and conflict. Sociologist Ruha Benjamin is here with a more...
TED Talks
Annette Heuser: The 3 agencies with the power to make or break economies
The way we rate national economies is all wrong, says rating agency reformer Annette Heuser. With mysterious and obscure methods, three private US-based credit rating agencies wield immense power over national economies across the globe,...
Crash Course
Market Economy: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, we’re going to take a look at how the government plays a role in the economy. Specifically, the way the government creates and maintains our market economic system. Now sure, the government’s role in the economy can be...
Crash Course
Economic Systems and Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics
In which Jacob Clifford and Adriene Hill teach you about Economic Systems and Macroeconomics. So, economics is basically about choices. We'll look at some of the broadest economic choices when we talk about the difference between planned...
Economics Explained
The $6.5 Trillion Dollar Problem Nobody Notices
There's a massive cost that every developed economy has to deal with that nobody talks about... Infrastructure maintenance. It sounds boring but all of those developments that governments love to talk up can end up costing a fortune to...
Curated Video
An Introduction to Government Intervention in Markets
This video provides an introduction to the topic of government intervention in markets. The video discusses different types of market failures and the reasons why governments may intervene to correct them. The video also discusses...
ACDC Leadership
MICROeconomics 19 Minute Review
In this video I reviews all of MICROeconomics in 19 minutes. (Note- I used the same intro from the macro video since Unit 1 is the same, but this definitely covers MICRO).
ACDC Leadership
Microeconomics- Everything You Need to Know
In this video I cover all the concepts for an introductory microeconomics course and AP course. I go super fast so don't take notes. Focus on the big picture ideas, identfy what you still need to practoce, and go back and watch my Unit...
Professor Dave Explains
The Wilson Cycle and Plate Boundaries
We just learned about plate tectonics, so let's see how that fits into a global-scale model for the formation and destruction of supercontinents called the Wilson Cycle. How do supercontinents like Pangea form and split up? It's an...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Is Growth Becoming a Scarce Commodity?
In part 3 of INET's interview with John Fullerton, the founder of the Capital Institute discusses the fact that if there are limits to growth, then we are faced with a tricky allocation challenge as developing countries start consuming more
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Institutions, Democracy, and Economic Development
Without access to experiments as natural scientists do, economists sometimes rely upon "natural experiments” to exploit the effect of democracy on various economic outcomes. University of Chicago professor and the co-author of Why...
Curated Video
Is Technology Killing Capitalism?
Is Market Capitalism simply an accident of certain factors that came together in the 19th and 20th centuries? Does the innovation of economics require a new economics of innovation? Is the study of economics deeply affected by the...
ACDC Leadership
Micro Unit 6 Summary- Market Failures and the Role of the Government
This video introduces the topic of market failures and the role of government in addressing them. They cover concepts such as public goods, externalities, antitrust laws, and income distribution. The teacher emphasizes the importance of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Public Sector's Role in "Greasing Collaboration"
In part 6 of INET's interview with Fred Block, he discusses the idea that In an economy increasingly defined by "networked collaborations," the government can play a key role in overseeing innovation
Curated Video
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy
This is a lecture-style video that discusses the effectiveness of different types of environmental policies. The lecturer explains various government interventions such as indirect taxation, subsidies, regulation, tradable pollution...
ACDC Leadership
Micro Unit 6 Intro- Market Failures and the Government
A quick overview of what you will cover in the sixth unit of Microeconomics. Virtually all teachers will cover the same topics, but keep in mind that some teachers might teach a few concepts in a different order.
Professor Dave Explains
Public Goods and Externalities
In a free market, there are certain things that the government must provide that the marketplace cannot. These are called public goods, and they include things like schools, roads, parks, and many other things. These are the things that...
ACDC Leadership
The BIG Picture- AP Economics Overview
This videos uses the Circular Flow Model to explain the big picture ideas of AP microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Mr. Beat
Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism Compared
Mr. Beat explains the difference between capitalism, socialism, and communism. Karl Marx was the one who first articulated it, but boy is he misunderstood by many today.
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 17: Public Goods
Why are some goods public and others private? Scholars compare and contrast what makes an item a rival or excludable as they listen to an enlightening podcast. They investigate everything from street lights to automobiles, placing items...
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis Fed: Public Goods: The Economic Lowdown Podcast Series, Episode 17
Economic Lowdown Podcast episode 17 [9:57] defines the characteristics of private and public goods and explains why these characteristics help determine whether government or the private sector is best positioned to produce each.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Public Goods and Externalities: Tragedy of the Commons
Discusses how public resources can be abused. [6:38]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Rival and Excludable Goods
In this video [10:13] learn the difference between rivalry and excludability, and how these characteristics determine whether a good is a private good, public good, artificially scarce good, or common resource.