Curated Video
Holmstrom on winning economics Nobel
British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel prize in economics for shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests, from CEO pay packages to whether to privatise a public service.In...
TED Talks
Rob Harmon: How to keep rivers and streams flowing
With streams and rivers drying up because of over-usage, Rob Harmon talks about a clever market mechanism to bring back the water. Farmers and beer companies find their fates intertwined in the century-old tale of Prickly Pear Creek.
TED Talks
Tyler Cowen: Be suspicious of simple stories
Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk, he asks us to step away from thinking of our lives -- and our messy, complicated irrational world -- in terms of a simple narrative.
SciShow
Patenting Person Parts
Since the advent of genetic engineering, a lot of weird questions have cropped up, particularly with regard to what information a company can patent. Individual genes, as they are discovered, are now immediately patented and can be...
Curated Video
Procurement Management 101 - A Comprehensive Primer
At some point on a large project, you need someone else to provide the goods or services that will supplement your team’s capabilities and resources. How do you ensure you get what you need, and you get good value? The answer is...
Curated Video
The Absolute Beginners Guide to Cybersecurity 2023 - Part 4 - Internet Privacy Tools
In this video, the author talks about a few tools that you might want to start using if you are going to take your privacy seriously online; one such tool that you will learn is the Brave browser. This clip is from the chapter "Internet...
Curated Video
Interview Question and Answer: What Makes You a Good Manager?
Get the best answer to, "what makes you a good manager?" in this video. This tough interview question can be easily answered when you use these interview tips and a simple two-part structure. First a summary of your important leadership...
Curated Video
Government Intervention: State Provision and Regulation Explained
In this video, the speaker discusses how government intervention in the market can take the form of state provision and regulation. The video provides examples and nuanced arguments for both state provision and regulation as forms of...
Curated Video
The Tragedy of the Commons and Property Rights
The video discusses the concept of the tragedy of the Commons and its relevance in modern-day environmental issues. It explains why the absence of property rights can lead to market failure, using the example of common land in the UK and...
Healthcare Triage
Money Can't Buy You Weight Loss AND Vaccine Investment Strategy
Aaron's been traveling, so this will be more of a quick hits episode. This is Healthcare Triage News...and we're talking about whether workplace premium incentives lead to employee weight loss, whether behavioral interventions improve...
Curated Video
Understanding Quantitative Easing
The video discusses quantitative easing, an unconventional form of monetary policy that was implemented by major developed economies like the US and UK following the financial crisis of 2007-2008. It explains how central banks were...
The Wall Street Journal
ADM CEO Juan Luciano on Global Food Supply Chain Sustainability
ADM chief executive Juan Luciano discusses how one of the biggest agriculture enterprises in the world is addressing growing demands for sustainability up and down the global food-supply chain with WSJ Chicago Bureau Chief Joanna Chung.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Ronald Schettkat: Inequality and the Challenge of Employment 2/3
Ronald Schettkat, Professor of Economics at Schumpeter School, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany speaking at the panel entitled "Inequality and the Challenge of Employment" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...
Curated Video
How the Price Mechanism Works in Markets
This video explains the function of the price mechanism in ensuring equilibrium in markets. The video describes the three main functions of prices; incentive function, rationing function, and signaling function.
Curated Video
Theories of Motivation
The video talks about three different theories of motivation - FW Taylor's scientific management, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, and Herzberg's two-factor theory. The speaker explains each theory, their advantages and disadvantages, and...
Curated Video
The Three Functions of Prices in a Market Economy
The video discusses the role of prices in a market economy and how they serve three main functions: rationing goods, providing incentives to economic agents, and signaling the state of a market. It explains how the price mechanism works...
Healthcare Triage
The Trump Administration's Plans for Medicare Premium Support
Senior Trump Administration official Seema Verma has written that Medicare is in financial trouble, and one step in fixing it is giving consumers "incentives to be cost-conscious." This may be coded language for something called premium...
The Wall Street Journal
The New Car Rental
In an era when fewer people own their own cars, hear how one company is looking to change when and how you rent a vehicle.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why Economics Needs a Moral Dimension
INET President Rob Johnson talks with Michael Sandel about the limits of a life driven by self-interest, gambling and Wall Street, and why the consumer model of economics has failed to explain the human experience.
Weird History
The Rise and Fall of Planet Hollywood
Weird History Food is launching you to Planet Hollywood. When we look back on the fun novelty restaurants that came out of the '90s, one question, in particular, comes to mind: what happened to Planet Hollywood? In 1996, you couldn't go...
Executive Finance
Understanding the Fraud Triangle: Why and How Fraud Happens
This video discusses the fraud triangle and the three conditions that enable fraud to happen: incentive and pressure, attitudes and rationalization, and opportunity. It emphasizes the importance of strong internal controls to prevent and...
Zach Star
What changes | A lesson in statistics and incentives
Zach Star demonstrates what changes a lesson in statistics and incentives
Healthcare Triage
Wellness Programs Don't Really Work
The gold standard of medical research, the randomized controlled trial, has been taking a bit of a beating lately. An entire issue of the journal Social Science and Medicine was recently devoted to it, with many articles pointing to...
Blockchain Central
ICOs - Everyone Can Be an Investor! | Blockchain Central
This week on Blockchain Central: we will explore the difference between the ICO's and Venture Capital: the traditional way of collecting money.
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'Blockchain Central' is your #1 trusted source for everything crypto. Our host Blue will...