Economics Explained
Does China Lie About Its Economic Statistics?
Over the past 30 years China has experienced perhaps the most impressive economic growth of any country in history. But these impressive growth numbers all come from official government statistics bureaus. How much can we trust the...
Curated Video
Technological Change: Invention, Innovation, and Market Incentives
The video is a lecture about the topic of technological change, specifically focusing on the difference between invention and innovation and how they relate to firms and markets. The lecturer discusses the positive effects of...
Economics Explained
The Economics of Disasters: GDP
The Wuhan Coronavirus, the active impeachment of a sitting US president, an earthquake and volcanic eruption in the Philippines, floods in Indonesia, the death of Kobe Bryant, magnitude 7.7 earthquakes in the Caribbean and even my...
Economics Explained
Is War Good For The Economy?: Dead Money
Can wars end economic decline? It may have helped in the past, but can it help today? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest topics and headlines through the eyes of economists....
Economics Explained
How The U.S. Economy Just Lost 33 Percent Of Its Value: GDP Economic Plunge
Last Thursday on the 30th of July 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its 2nd quarter Gross Domestic Product report. The report noted a 32.9% contraction in annual GDP growth in the months of April, May, and June. For...
Economics Explained
Why GDP Is Overrated & Nobody Should Care About It!
GDP is one of the most universally recognized terms in economics. Even outside people with an interest in the subject most adults would be able to tell you that GDP is a measure of how large an economy is. They might not be able to tell...
Curated Video
Calculating Percentage Changes in Economics
This video is a lecture on how to calculate percentage changes, which is a crucial skill in the field of economics for dealing with large and significant numbers. The lecturer explains the definition of a percentage, how to calculate...
Sky News
Nicola Sturgeon interview on Brexit
CLEAN: Exterior interview with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on the forthcoming elections and Brexit on 28 April 2017 in Glasgow, United Kingdom
Bloomberg
German Bund Yields Could Decline Again in 2020, SocGen Says
Nov.15 -- Guy Stear, head of fixed income research at Societe Generale, talks about Germany's economy, bund yields, European Central Bank policy and the euro. Germany's economy is growing slowly, but isn’t in a crisis and doesn’t need a...
Bloomberg
Japan Slumps Into a Larger-Than-Expected DeficitÂ
Feb.19 -- Japan slumped into a larger-than-expected deficit as exports rose less than expected, with the Lunar New Year weighing on trade in January. Bloomberg's Brian Fowler reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
Bloomberg
Warren Buffett dice que la productividad es la clave para el crecimiento económico
Aug-30-- Warren Buffett, presidente y CEO de Berkshire Hathaway, habla sobre el crecimiento de la productividad en Estados Unidos durante una entrevista con David Westin de Bloomberg en el restaurant Smith & Wollensky de Nueva York para...