Curated Video
Understanding Inequality, Poverty, and their Implications
This is an economics lesson on the topics of inequality and poverty. The instructor discusses the political sensitivity of these terms and how they are used interchangeably, but emphasizes the importance of carefully weighing the impact...
Curated Video
Graphing Linear Inequalities: Modeling Constraints and Solutions
In this video, the teacher explains how to model and solve problems involving linear inequalities with multiple variables. Using the example of determining the number of different types of stamps needed for a specific amount of postage,...
Curated Video
Jeff Sachs - America in Crisis: What Role for Government? 1/5
In Part 1 of this interview From the Director's Chair, INET Executive Director Robert Johnson talks with Jeffrey Sachs about Sachs's book The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. Sachs doesn't view 2008 as...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crisis
Competition and conflict are intrinsic features of modern societies, inequality is persistent, and booms and busts are recurrent outcomes throughout capitalist history. State intervention modifies these patterns but does not abolish...
Curated Video
Determining Correct Shading of Half Planes on a Graph
In this video, we demonstrate the process of choosing points on the line and in the shaded region to check if they make the inequality true. By using these methods, students can ensure that they have accurately shaded the correct half...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Kate Pickett - The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 7: The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
Institute for New Economic Thinking
What Tax Records Can Tell Us About Gender Inequality
Professor Casarico explains why her focus on gender and the “glass ceiling” can help us push forward economic thinking. She also explains the importance of looking at income rather than earnings, using tax records in a novel way....
Institute for New Economic Thinking
How the Federal Reserve's QE Has Contributed to Inequality
People in America get really angry at the Federal Reserve and at the "money system" in general during economic crises. The Fed draws hostility because of its power, its insulation from democratic accountability, its lack of transparency,...
TLDR News
The UK's Income Inequality Crisis Explained
The UK has a rate of income inequality higher than most other nations. How much of an issue is the inequality, what is driving it and is it actually getting worse?
Seven Dimensions
Navigating Employment Contracts: Understanding Your Rights and Negotiating Terms
This video discusses the importance of carefully reviewing and negotiating employment contracts. It highlights common concerns and pitfalls, such as unfair dismissal clauses and lack of employee rights, while also emphasizing the need...
Curated Video
Writing and Graphing Inequalities to Represent Situations
In this video, the teacher explains how to represent a situation using inequalities. They use examples such as comparing unknown numbers to a given value or representing temperature ranges. The teacher demonstrates how to write the...
TLDR News
Labour’s Manifesto Quickly Summarised (2019 Election) - TLDR News
On Thursday the Labour party announced their new manifesto, full of their promises to the electorate. We read all of this over 100-page document and compressed it into less than 10 minutes to make understanding their policies easier!
History Hit
West Africa Before the Europeans: Racism and the slave trade
Has racist thinking discouraged us from looking at how sophisticated West African empires were before the Europeans arrived? How did trade mesh with a rise in inequality between Africa and the Europeans? West Africa Before the Europeans,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Branko Milanovic - Global Income Inequality
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Session 7: The Consequences of Inequality and Wealth Distribution
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Jiahua Pan: Managing the Global Commons 3/5
Jiahua Pan, Professor of Economics and Director, Institute for Urban & Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) at the panel entitled "Managing the Global Commons: Growth, Inequality, and New Thinking for...
Curated Video
Thurgood Marshall: From School Suspension to Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall, the most successful civil rights lawyer of all time and America’s first Supreme court Justice, was instrumental in the fight for equality in the United States.
Curated Video
Solving Inequalities with Negative Coefficients
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of solving inequalities containing negative coefficients. They discuss the importance of using the correct inequality sign and demonstrate an example where the sign needs to be switched to...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Race Has a Regional Dimension in America’s Political Economy
Stanford economic historian Professor Gavin Wright, addressing the Institute’s conference on the economics of race, argues that the conditions facing the children of the great migration from the South are very different to the conditions...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
James Galbraith: Inequality and Macroeconomics Dynamics 3/5
James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government and Business Relations, University of Texas speaking at the panel entitled "The Impact of Inequality on Macroeconomics Dynamics" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Talking Digital Platforms with the Pokemon Go Master
With the power of modern computing being harnessed into increasingly small and portable devices, what do digital platforms mean for the entrenched global economy? As technology catches up with our theories of information in the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Inequality takes many forms, such as wealth inequality, or inequality amongst northern and southern hemisphere nations (the developed vs developing economies). One can make the case that gender inequality has been with us the longest,...
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)...
Boulder Creek International
Kansas City: The History of Racial Segregation and Disinvestment in Kansas City
Kansas City part 3/7: This video discusses the history of racial segregation in Kansas City, particularly in the 18th and Vine district. It explores the impact of discriminatory housing policies and the effects of integration on the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Equity and Growth Through Knowledge Based Economies
Chris Benner is an environmental and urban economist researching regional development and employment in America. He is a Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Executive Director of the...