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TED Talks
Most countries fail at clean energy. Here’s how mine succeeded | Sebastián Kind
Energy expert Sebastián Kind helped Argentina go from virtually no renewable energy to generating nearly 40 percent of its electricity from wind and solar in just six years, despite economic crises and skepticism. How did the country's...
TED Talks
TED: The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently | Mariana Mazzucato
In the face of three simultaneous crises -- health, the economy and climate -- do we have a chance to do capitalism differently? Economist Mariana Mazzucato explains why we shouldn't try to go back to normal after the pandemic but should...
Curated Video
Argentina and Ecuador: Understanding the Currency Crisis
Though the early 1990s may have been characterized by financial optimism, Argentina was in a recession as Brazil’s 1998 monetary crisis sent shockwaves across the regional and global markets. Travel north to Ecuador and there was a very...
Curated Video
Japan Management Practices
In Japan, business practices are distinctly Japanese and have their roots in the local cultural values of tradition, patriarchy, respect for age, formality, cooperation, loyalty, and consensus-building. Corporate culture in Japan is...
Curated Video
A Day in the Life of a Truck Driver Climbing China’s Impossible Road
Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel to witness a truck driver navigating the most dangerous road in China. Fluctus is a website and YouTube channel dedicated to sea geeks. Whenever you are curious or an incorrigible lover of this...
Makematic
Shays' Rebellion
In the summer of 1786, the first major armed uprising in the newly formed United States began. Shays' Rebellion was a conflict over debt and taxes that would shake the foundations of the U.S. government.
Makematic
The Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819, triggered by land speculation, reduced exports and a cutback in credit, led to America's first major financial crisis and reshaped its economic policies.
Wonderscape
The End of the Great Depression and the Impact of FDR’s New Deal
This video outlines how FDR's New Deal programs helped stabilize the US economy during the Great Depression. It also discusses the United States' entry into World War II and how the increased demand for workers contributed to the...
Mr. Beat
The One Political Issue That Unites All of Us
Mr. Beat explains corporate welfare. I mean, he tries to, at least. He really does try.
Curated Video
Social Security
When times get tough, Social Security provides a vital financial lifeline for U.S. citizens in need. But how did this revolutionary legislation come into being and what benefits does it provide?
Curated Video
Integrity: Schechter Brothers
In the 1930s, Jewish butchers the Schechter brothers showed integrity when they fought what they felt were unjust regulations, in order to uphold their faith and customer trust.
Curated Video
Hoovervilles: Shantytowns of the Great Depression
As the Great Depression worsened in the 1930s, thousands of Americans lost their jobs and eventually their homes. Shantytowns dubbed “Hoovervilles” named after unsympathetic President Herbert Hoover, spread across the U.S.
Economics Explained
The Failing Economy of Sri Lanka
Over the past decade Sri Lanka was one of the fastest growing economies in Asia. However, they took on too much debt and now the country is collapsing.
Economics Explained
The Failing Economy of Pakistan
Pakistan's economy has recently come under pressure due to high levels of debt, currency devaluation, floods, and high prices for imported food and energy. So how bad are things likely to get and what are the possible solutions? 0:00 -...
Financial Times
Coronavirus how to tackle the economic crisis
FT economics commentator Martin Sandbu analyses the emergency fiscal and monetary measures being taken to deal with the global financial and economic fallout from coronavirus.
The Wall Street Journal
Rethinking Health Policy in the Age of Coronavirus
At the 2020 WSJ Health Forum, Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip spoke with MIT Sloan School of Management's Dr. Simon Johnson and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health's Dr. Joshua Sharfstein on the public health gaps COVID-19 has...
Curated Video
Covid-19: what will happen to the global economy?
The covid-19 pandemic has caused economic chaos and uncertainty. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, our deputy editor, answer your questions about the global economy
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Puerto Rico’s Crisis Began Before Hurricane Maria
Well before Hurricane Maria hit the island, Puerto Rico was experiencing a deep economic crisis.<b<br/>r/>
Marie Mora, professor of economics at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, explains the roots o<br/>f “La Crisis Boricua.”
Marie Mora, professor of economics at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, explains the roots o<br/>f “La Crisis Boricua.”
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa - Keynote Speech, INET Conference @ King's
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Day 3 - Dinner Keynote.<b<br/>r/>
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa discusses the crisis in economics and provides the closing remarks on the final ni<br/>ght of the conference.
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa discusses the crisis in economics and provides the closing remarks on the final ni<br/>ght of the conference.
The Wall Street Journal
U.N. Economist and Former UNICEF Head on Developing Food Crises
Arif Husain, chief economist of the U.N. World Food Programme, and Ann Veneman, former executive director of UNICEF and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, discuss the food crises developing across vulnerable regions of the world.
Economics Explained
Why is the Stock Market Still Rising?
It looks like this external shock will snowball on top of some underlying faults in the economy to cause an economic crisis that eclipses the 2000’s tech bible and the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008.
Most people of note from...
Most people of note from...
Economics Explained
How To Fix An Economic Crisis: Fiscal Policy
Let's say you find yourself as the Head of State of some country during an impending economic crash. Your country's stock market is imploding, businesses are closing, unemployment is rising, and everyone is looking to you to provide...
Economics Explained
How To Fix An Economic Crisis: Moral Hazard
Let's say you find yourself as the Head of State of some country during an impending economic crash. Your country's stock market is imploding, businesses are closing, unemployment is rising, and everyone is looking to you to provide...
Economics Explained
MIT Has Predicted that Society Will Collapse in 2040: The Outcomes & Criticisms
A report in the 1970's looks at how society will progress along certain factors. Which path is the most viable moving forward and which one is the most distrastrous? Either way, what does the year 2040 have to do with...