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PBS
Is Your Money Safe in a Bank?
48% of Americans report feeling moderately to very concerned about the safety of their money they have in financial institutions. Due to bank failures, people have become worried that they might wake up and see the name of their bank on...
Curated Video
What are Government Agencies
A video entitled "What are Government Agencies?" that discuss independent and regulatory agencies.
Curated Video
The New Deal for Kids
What was the New Deal, and how did it help during the Great Depression? In this video, we explore President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to bring hope and recovery to the United States in the 1930s. Learn about the programs that created...
Curated Video
How Did the Silicon Valley Bank Failure Impact Tech?
How will the Silicon Valley Bank failure affect software engineers and tech startups? Find out why SVB got into trouble and what it means for the average programmer.
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...
One Minute History
171 - FDIC - One Minute History
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or FDIC, was created in 1933 to restore confidence after excessive bank failures during the Great depression. The FDIC does not cover investments such as stocks or bonds but it does insure bank...
Khan Academy
FRB Commentary 2: Deposit Insurance
Going into more detail about the potential weaknesses of fractional reserve banking, this video introduces some of the ways the economy has been engineered to address these issues, such as the "lender of last resort" and insurance...
Khan Academy
20th Century Capitalism and Regulation in the United States
The speaker in this lecture takes the viewer on a journey through the world of modern finance, from the era of Rockefeller and Vanderbilt to the 2008 financial crisis. Exploring the presence of the American government in the economy,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Full Reserve Banking
This video is an overview of full reserve banking in comparison to fractional reserve banking. [7:32]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Frb Commentary 2: Deposit Insurance
Sal Khan offers commentary on the weaknesses of fractional reserve banking, the FDIC, and deposit insurance and its side effects. [17:19]