TED Talks
How to Reform Economic Inequities and Invest in the Next Generation
In this discussion, NYU professor Scott Galloway critiques the growing economic disparity fueled by outdated policies and inequitable resource allocation. Proposals include revising Social Security to include means-testing and raising...
Crash Course
Labor Markets and Minimum Wage: Crash Course Economics
How much should you get paid for your job? Well, that depends on a lot of factors. Your skill set, the demand for the skills you have, and what other people are getting paid around you all factor in. In a lot of ways, labor markets work...
PBS
This company raised minimum wage to $70K- and it helped business
In 2015, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would raise the company's minimum wage to $70,000 a year by 2017 and slash his own compensation by more than 90 percent. More than a year later, Price reports the company's revenue and...
TED Talks
Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming
Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his...
Crash Course
Government Regulation: Crash Course Government and Politics
Today, we’re going to wrap up our discussion of economic policy by looking at government regulation. We're going to talk about the government's goals for the U.S. economy and the policies it employs to achieve those goals. Ever since the...
Crash Course
How Voters Decide: Crash Course Government and Politics
So today, Craig is going to try to get inside the heads of voters by discussing how voters make decisions. Now obviously, like all decision making, voter decisions are influenced by a multitude of factors, but the three we are going to...
Curated Video
Labor Markets and Minimum Wage: Crash Course Economics
How much should you get paid for your job? Well, that depends on a lot of factors. Your skill set, the demand for the skills you have, and what other people are getting paid around you all factor in. In a lot of ways, labor markets work...
Crash Course
Introduction to Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #1
We love the internet! It's a wealth of information where we can learn about just about anything, but it's also kind of a pit of information that can be false or misleading. So, we're partnering with Mediawise and the Stanford History...
Curated Video
Economic Problems
New ReviewA video entitled "Economic Problems" that discusses common economic problems facing the United States government.
PBS
How "No Tax on Tips" Could Backfire
New ReviewNo Tax on Tips is one of the few issues that everyone seems to agree on... except economists!
Curated Video
Can coronavirus be defeated without addressing homelessness? | The Stream
The Stream: Can coronavirus be defeated without addressing homelessness?
Curated Video
Tipping Fatigue vs. Tip-Rage: America's Tipping Crisis
Tipping fatigue rises with constant requests, tech, and pandemic shifts. Brooke Masters explores changing perceptions and future trends in tipping.
The Business Professor
Understanding the Fair Labor Standards Act
In this video, we delve into the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a crucial federal law that safeguards the rights of employees in terms of wages and working hours. Join us as we explore the key aspects of the FLSA, such as its...
Vlogbrothers
The Largest Theft of All Time
I thought this video was going to be a fun top ten list, then I realized that most of the theft in America is the rich robbing the poor. Literally! Not even in a roudabout way...literally not paying them for more than twenty billion...
Curated Video
R Programming for Statistics and Data Science - The Linear Regression Model
This video explains the linear regression model. This clip is from the chapter "Linear Regression Analysis" of the series "R Programming for Statistics and Data Science".This section explains linear regression analysis.
Professor Dave Explains
How Governments Support Economic Growth
Now that we have discussed several types of economies with varying degrees of government involvement, it's time to get a closer look at a government's role in economic growth. It is possible for governments to both promote and hinder...
Curated Video
Understanding Minimum Wages and the National Living Wage in the UK
This video discusses the topic of minimum wages and aims to help the viewer understand their effects on labor markets and the associated advantages and disadvantages. The presenter explains what a minimum wage is and how it is typically...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Depression - Labour Protections
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Depression uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
Curated Video
Understanding and Analyzing Monopsony Power in the Labor Market
This video is a lecture on the topic of monopsony power in the labor market. The speaker explains the concept of monopsony and how it impacts the labor market for both workers and employers. The speaker also compares a perfectly...
ACDC Leadership
The Push-Up Machine - Labor Market Activity
This is a great activity to simulate the labor market and show how a business decides how many workers to hire. Watch the video and see if you can figure out the following: 1. How many workers should be hired to maximize profit? 2. What...
Curated Video
Understanding Price Controls: Minimum and Maximum Prices
This video discusses price controls and explains the two main types of price restrictions, minimum prices and maximum prices, and illustrates their impact on the market using diagrams. Examples of price controls in different sectors,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Adair Turner: The Consequences of Money-Manager Capitalism
In the wake of World War II, much of the western world, particularly the United States, adopted a new form of capitalism called “managerial welfare-state capitalism.” The system by design constrained financial institutions with...
Curated Video
Evaluating the Impact of a Higher Minimum Wage
The video discusses the topic of labor markets, specifically the impact of a higher minimum wage on the economy. The video analyzes the factors that affect the significance of this trade-off, such as the size of cash reserves that...
The Wall Street Journal
Bracing For Impact: AI At Work
Microsoft president Brad Smith discusses whether companies have a responsibility to retrain employees for new work with WSJ Management Bureau Chief Lynn Cook.