Crash Course
21st Century Challenges: Crash Course European History
The 21st century brought a whole new host of challenges to the world, and Europe was no exception. In this video you'll learn about how an increasingly connected and complex world led to some pretty deep rifts in countries across the...
Economics Explained
Why The 2022 Nobel Prize For Economics Is Making People So Angry
0:00 - 1:16 intro 1:17 - 2:08 Morning Brew 2:09 - 4:17 Trade wars 4:18 - 6:24 Global financial crisis 6:25 - 8:08 Stimulus 8:09 - 10:30 Supply side shock 10:31 - 12:45 Zombie companies 12:46 National leaderboard
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How the Stock Market Drives Wealth Inequality
When the stock market grows faster than the housing market, the gains of the top 1% outpace those of the middle class. INET Fellow and University of Bonn professor Moritz Schularick discusses the drivers of wealth inequality.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Alan Taylor: Macroeconomic Management After a Crisis (4/7)
The video shows the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Alan Taylor, Professor of Economics at the University of California. The...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Ken Rogoff - Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Opening Session. Where are we now? Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How Populists Use Economics to Exploit Crisis
MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Emil Verner discusses his research into credit markets, and the role of economics in the rise of populism.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Relearning Recessions
What causes a financial crisis? You may think of long lines of angry depositors at the bank. But Cornell economist Matthew Baron says it’s more about credit booms and over-lending than we’ve thought before.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Crash Course on Hyman Minsky, L. Randall Wray
L. Randall Wray, professor at UMKC, talks about Hyman Minsky, an American economist who, even in the relative stability of the 1950s, predicted financial collapse because of "speculative euphoria." Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's...
Economics Explained
The Economy of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was perhaps the most significant ancient civilization to have existed throughout history, the empire lived for over 1000 years and in that time, it gave us the foundations for our modern society. Democracy, a court-based...
Emergent Order
"The Cluster of Errors" - The Austrian Theory of Boom and Bust
Does the financial crises of 2008 fit the Austrian economic theory of "boom and bust"? American economics professor Lawrence H. White discusses economists' rationale for following interest rates and the reliability of...
Khan Academy
Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction
Departing from his trademark theoretical balance sheets, Sal guides the viewer through a real-life "outlandish" transaction between Merrill Lynch and Lone Star Funds. Budding economists can exercise their growing economic skills by...
Khan Academy
Bailout 15: More on the Solution
Sal continues his argument for "the Plutzy Plan" (named after his friend who initially posed the idea). He outlines both theoretical and practical implementation ideas to restore the financial system. His theories will invigorate your...
Khan Academy
Bailout 11: Why These CDOs Could be Worth Nothing
Differentiating between a $700 billion "blank check" and the acquisition of assets, this video explores the idea that the CDOs purchased by the government could be worth nothing. Sal takes students through the mathematical and economic...
Khan Academy
Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency
Introducing the circumstances surrounding the 2008 bailout and financial crisis, Sal uses a simplified analogy to help students see the heart of the matter. He covers the importance of credit and credit scores, as well as what happens...
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Bailout 8: Systemic Risk
Using several balance sheets, Sal illustrates the connectivity of banks and how one bank failure can affect many. Again, he uses the example of Lehman Brothers as the "catalyst for this chain of events" to explain how one bankrupt bank...
Khan Academy
Bailout 14: Possible Solution
Ripe for discussion in your economics and government classes, this video features Sal's idea for the best possible solution to the financial crisis. He first details the situation and what the plan would entail; he then takes viewers...
Khan Academy
Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan
Equally informative and opinionated, this video is sure to inspire thoughtful discussions and debate among your students. Sal outlines Paulson's plan - and explains his own (unfavorable) opinion about it.
C-SPAN
On This Day: 2008 Financial Crisis
Was the financial crisis of 2008 a repeat of the stock market crash of 1929? A thought-provoking resource explores the effects of the 2008 crisis with the words of then-future President Obama. Historians hear a brief outline of the...
C-SPAN
On This Day: ABSCAM
It started as a simple sting against low-level corruption, and it ended with the conviction of members of Congress. Class members enter the world of bribery and politics using video clips, including news reports from the 1980s and...
Federal Reserve Bank
The Fed Explains Monetary Policy
What is monetary policy, and how does it relate to the Federal Reserve? Take high schoolers through an entertaining account of the basics behind monetary policy and its place in the modern world of economics.
Crash Course
The 2008 Financial Crisis
You may remember the 2008 financial crisis like it was yesterday, but the learners in your class were likely too young to understand what was going on at the time. Clarify a now-historic moment in United States economics with a Crash...
Emergent Order
"The Bust" - The Austrian Theory of Boom and Bust with Lawrence H. White
In the "boom and bust" of a business cycle, what takes place during a recession? What should the role of government be? Watch as an American professor of economics comments on this theory, which mixes the interview with relevant graphics...