Curated Video
Why Is Natural Gas So Expensive Now?
Supply for natural gas has increased, but so has demand. So why is natural gas becoming so expensive now?
Curated Video
Shortages And Higher Prices Causing Grocery Shopping Headaches
CEOs of two major chains warned it will be weeks or even months before things settle out.
Bloomberg
Mismatch Between Supply and Demand to Continue Into 2022: UPS
Sep.14 -- Scott Price, president at UPS International Inc., discusses the global logistics business, the challenges he sees for the holiday season ahead and his outlook for the business in the next 18 months. He speaks exclusively on...
Bloomberg
MIT Lessons on Supply and Demand in the Digital Age
Jun.29 -- MIT Initiative Co-Director Andrew McAfee and MIT Professor Erik Brynjolfsson discuss how the economics of supply and demand apply to the digital age. They speak on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Sky News
Dairy Cows & Milk Production at a Dairy Farm
CLEAN: Interior shots of a tractor distributing feed for dairy cows, exterior shots of dairy cows grazing in an open field and interior shots of dairy cows being milked at a farm on August 10, 2015 in Bradford, England.
TED-Ed
What Causes Economic Bubbles?
What do tulips, real estate, and stock in a pet store have in common? Find out what happens when products or services sell for much more than they are worth.
Jacob Clifford
Microeconomics 19 Minute Review
In less than 19 minutes, review all the key microeconomics concepts you'll need to know and remember for the big exam with this excellent video review! Beginning with the basics of supply and demand and key graphs to market failures and...
Jacob Clifford
Supply and Demand Curves - Basic Economic Concepts
Why does quantity demanded decrease as prices increase? Watch this video to compare the downward sloping curve of the law of demand with the upward sloping curve of supply, as well as to review such concepts as the substitution...
Khan Academy
Currency Effect on Trade
Delve deeper into currency exchange theory using Sal's hypothetical global trade scenario involving the Chinese Yuan and the US dollar. He references goods manufactured and sold in the countries using supply and demand principles,...
Khan Academy
Currency Effect on Trade Review
Sal reviews the hypothetical global trade scenario from the last video in detail for about the first six minutes, changing a few numbers to make for a cleaner example. He continues the scenario to demonstrate how the natural ups and...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 6: Circular Flow
Does it ever seem like the more money you get, the more you spend? A short video lesson introduces the concept of goods and services changing hands in a circular flow pattern. Scholars analyze how businesses make money from selling goods...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 4: The Labor Market
How much are your skills worth in the labor market? Young historians research how people sell their skills to an employer for a certain price, just like a good or product. They discuss what exactly helps someone market themselves to...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 2: Demand
How do people respond when the price of an item increases? Do they want more or less of that item? Young economists investigate the impact of the law of demand on the economy. A short video highlights the concept of prices in relation to...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 1: Supply
It's all about timing ... when is the right time to raise the price or produce more if supply is low? The first lesson of a 10-part series on economics investigates the supply curve in business. Scholars watch a short video explaining...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 8: Market Equilibrium
Scholars research the concept of supply and demand and its overall impact on the balance of the consumer market. The 8th lesson of a 21-part Economic Lowdown podcast series investigates how the availability of an item impacts its price....
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 7: Supply
A shopper goes to the store for that one special item only to find out it is out of stock. The seventh lesson of a 21-part economic series investigates the concept of supply in the marketplace. Scholars research the supply curve using a...
Federal Reserve Bank
Episode 6: Demand
Have you ever noticed that the price of an item in the store suddenly drops or rises? Historians investigate the concept of demand in the sixth installment of a 21-part Economic Lowdown series explaining aspects of the economy. A podcast...
PBS
Solving the Storage Problem
Clean, renewable energy is there for the taking ... how do we save it until we need it? A short video, part of an energy unit from NOVA, discusses the challenges of creating and storing electrical energy efficiently. The narrator...
Macat
An Intro to Keynes’s The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
How quickly can an economy recover from a shock? John Maynard Keynes challenges the classical economist view of a self-correcting economy with his 1936 work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. A short view...
Crash Course
Labor Markets and Minimum Wage
Can raising the minimum wage lead to unemployment? Young economists watch a rapid-paced video from Crash Course Economics to learn about supply and demand in the labor market and the ways that the minimum wage can both stimulate economic...
Crash Course
Environmental Econ
How does the economy affect the environment—and vice versa? A video from Crash Course Economics discusses the ways supply and demand for products made with non-renewable resources can result in the Tragedy of the Commons, or even in the...
Crash Course
Price Controls, Subsidies, and the Risks of Good Intentions
When prices get too high, the government should put price controls in place, right? Not necessarily. A video from Crash Course Economics explains how price controls can affect the equilibrium price of a product, and potentially lead to a...
Crash Course
Marginal Analysis, Roller Coasters, Elasticity, and Van Gogh
Businesses really do care about your happiness and satisfaction—as long it's higher than their marginal cost. Discover how relative scarcity, marginal utility, and the subjective tastes of consumers determine the price a business...
Crash Course
Inflation and Bubbles and Tulips
If a country needs more money, they should just print more currency, right? Not exactly. Learn about the economic ramifications of inflation and deflation with an engaging video from Crash Course Economics.