The world economy cannot triple in size using the existing modes of production. "It just won't work", says Michael Spence in part 2 of this INET interview. China and India have figured this out; there, the state intervenes in markets...

Lord Adair Turner describes what needs to happen for economics to move forward, and how institutions like INET can help

War... War is hell. And there are more wars going on right now that you might have ever imagined!

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...

In this video we discuss the basics of major pediatric outcome measures with an emphasis on when to use each based on the validated age-ranges and whether they are norm-referenced of criterion-referenced tests.

John Weisz was born and reared in Mississippi and received a BA from Mississippi College, in his home town of Clinton. He later served with his wife Jenny in the U.S. Peace Corps, in Kenya, where both worked as teachers. Then Weisz...

This video provides an in-depth explanation of public-private partnerships (PPPs). The speaker gives examples of how PPPs are used in practice, such as building new hospitals and partial privatization of public sector assets. The...

State Provision

Barbershops have long played a significant social, economic, and cultural role in African-American life. Barbershops foster both confidentiality and camaraderie, which seems like a good environment to talk to men about hypertension.

Research indicates that the malpractice system in the United States doesn't do a lot to deter malpractice. There are several recent studies about malpractice that look at how many doctors have malpractice claims against them, and what...

The video discusses policies that can be implemented to influence the distribution of income and wealth in an economy. It explores the two main techniques used to measure inequality, the interventions and the free-market approach. The...

We will explore what is the Black Market, why is it so large and influential, how to combat it, and how to make Black Market profits?



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Mask-wearing is one of a set of measures that helps slow the spread of respiratory disease. This is particularly important in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, but mask uptake has been low in some areas. In today’s episode we discuss a...

Is that video title going to convince you to exercise? MEGASTUDY alert. The term megastudy is a pretty new one to us, and we like it. Basically, a MEGASTUDY is a group of large randomized controlled trials run simultaneously to look into...

The video evaluates government regulation in markets that contain externalities, with a focus on pollution as an example. The concept of deadweight loss is explained and compared to the benefits and drawbacks of regulation, such as...

Western values have been extraordinarily successful. Yet now, we seem on the backfoot unsure of ourselves and sometimes embarrassed at our own past. Beset with postmodern doubts, do we need to revive belief in the value and importance of...

In this video, the topic of pollution permits is discussed, including why they are required, how they operate, and their effectiveness as a government intervention to reduce pollution in markets. The video provides an example of how...

Hey Econ students! I'm back with new videos to help you learn and love economics. This video explores the effects of government intervention including: price ceilings, price floors, subsidies, and taxes. Make sure that you can draw these...

In this video, Dr Greg Martin describes how randomized control trials work and how they deal with confounding variables. This is episode three in a series of videos looking at epidemiology, research methods and study design in the...

We’re talking about housing for four weeks, thanks to the support of the RWJF! The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (last week’s episode topic) stimulates production in order to increase the supply of affordable housing available to poorer...

Can dementia be prevented? Will exercise or nutritional supplements improve cognitive decline? Prepare to be disappointed. This is Healthcare Triage News.

More than 86 million people, including 22 million people 65 or older, have pre-diabetes, which increases their risk of heart disease, strokes or diabetes. As we've watched that number grow, it has somehow felt that despite billions of...

Study to advance in-home robots that adapt to the individual needs of children with autism



Description: Many children on the autism spectrum respond positively to robots, and interaction with socially assistive...