Institute for New Economic Thinking
Jan Kregel: The Continuing Risk of Derivatives
Everybody now knows the narrative of the Great Financial Recession of 2008, in particular, the impact that toxic derivatives had in terms of exacerbating the crisis. And the usual defense of those who misdiagnosed the crisis is that the...
Curated Video
Reading Fluently with Commas: Pausing for Clarity and Understanding
In this video, the teacher explains the importance of pausing at commas while reading. By demonstrating the difference in comprehension and flow between reading with and without pauses, the teacher emphasizes the significance of using...
Seven Dimensions
Improving Business Success: The Seven Levers Framework
In this video, the speaker discusses a framework called the Seven Levers that can be used to improve success in business. The speaker explains each lever and how increasing each one by just 10% can double the profit of a business. They...
Nature League
Sex Safari - Field Trip
In this Nature League Field Trip, Brit goes on a Montana safari at the National Bison Range and shares some local stories of how species have persisted over time via reproduction.
Music Matters
What is a Nota Cambiata? - Music Theory
What is a nota cambiata? What are the four steps involved? How do I use one or spot one in a piece of music? Can I see and hear an example? A nota cambiata is a cadence formula used in music of the Renaissance period and is a device that...
Flipping Physics
Demonstrating Position, Velocity, and Acceleration of a Mass-Spring System
A “live” demonstration of of collecting position, velocity, and acceleration of a vertical mass-spring system.
Schooling Online
Shakespeare Today: Macbeth - Context
Watch this video to learn about Shakespeare’s fascinating world, and its influence on the play Macbeth. Watch the Jacobean era come to life and come to a deeper understanding of the Great Chain of Being, the Renaissance, religious ideas,...
Let's Tute
Understanding Accounting Adjustments
This video provides an overview of the accounting principles and concepts used to verify and check financial statements. The presenter walks through examples of prepaid expenses, outstanding expenses, and accrued income to demonstrate...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Peter Victor: What’s the Difference Between Growth and Prosperity?
For the most part, economic policy makers continue to make the case that achieving growth should be the over-arching objective of the global economy. In this context, environmentalism often is seen as a cost, a trade-off that inhibits...
Curated Video
Using Ellipses in Dialogue
In this video, the teacher explains how writers use ellipses (...) to indicate pauses or breaks in dialogue. The lesson includes examples and guidelines for using ellipses correctly, as well as a practice activity for students to revise...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Patricia Albjerg Graham - Schooling America
Patricia Albjerg Graham is a leading historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and later taught in Norfolk, Virginia, and New York City. She has also served as a high-school guidance...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Noliwe Rooks - Cutting School Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education
Noliwe Rooks is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work explores how race and gender both impact and are impacted by civic culture, social history and political life in the United States. She is the author of four books, the most recent...
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...
Cerebellum
Ancient Rome - The Dynasties Of Rome
For centuries, Italy was the center of civilization, with its capital in Rome, “the Eternal City”. The Romans created the largest empire the ancient world ever saw. Its influence extended outward and in time encompassed almost the entire...
PBS
Why it Was Illegal to be Ugly?
For nearly 100 years it was illegal to be "ugly" in America. Of course, "ugly" wasn't actually about physical attractiveness, it was a way to criminalize disability and disfigurement and it lead to the rise of the freak show. So how did...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Charles Goodhart: The State of the Global Economy - A Central Banker's Perspective
Welcome to our new video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features...
Curated Video
Reading Fluently: Stopping at the Period
This video teaches readers how to read fluently by properly pausing at the end of each sentence, indicated by periods. It emphasizes the importance of not ignoring periods when reading aloud, as it helps convey the structure and meaning...
Curated Video
Greece, Mycenae ancient city - Grave Circle A and B
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
Science360
Emperor Penguins and Climate Change
You might call them the ""poster children"" of Antarctica. Penguins have long topped the charts as the iconic animal of the frozen continent. But now, a new National Science Foundation study indicates melting sea ice, caused by climate...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Peter Temin: Lessons from the Great Depression
George Santayana once wrote that those who could not remember the past were condemned to repeat it. And looking at today’s policy makers at work seeking to combat the huge challenge of unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Financial...
Curated Video
Greece, Kos Island
The name Kos is first attested in the Iliad, and has been in continuous use since. Other ancient names include Meropis, Cea, In many Romance languages, Kos was formerly known as Stancho, and in Ottoman and modern Turkish it is known as...
Curated Video
Italy, Ancient city Paestum
Poseidonia was probably founded about 600 bc by Greek colonists from Sybaris, along the Gulf of Taranto, and it had become a flourishing town by 540, judging from its temples. After many years' resistance the city came under the...
Easy Languages
What English Books Did You Read In Lockdown? | Easy English 73
What English Books Did You Read In Lockdown? | Easy English 73 Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...