Today we explore what obligations we hold with our personal beliefs. Hank explains epistemic responsibility and the issues it raises with everything from religious belief, to ship owning, to vaccinations.

In which Jacob Clifford and Adriene Hill launch a brand new Crash Course on Economics! So, what is economics? Good question. It's not necessarily about money, or stock markets, or trade. It's about people and choices. What, you may ask,...

Discover how a TV producer and a physicist collaborate to infuse authentic science into popular TV shows, enhancing the realism and educational value of entertainment.

Discover how a TV producer and a physicist collaborate to infuse authentic science into popular TV shows, enhancing the realism and educational value of entertainment.

This is an awesome demand and supply activity that teachers equilibrium, shortage, surplus, and shifts in demand and supply.

In this video I explain how to draw and analyze a perfectly competitive market and firm...and you get to meet Mr. DARP. Makes sure that you can use the graph calculate total revenue, total cost, and profit.

In this episode of EconMovies, I use Indiana Jones to explain the concepts of demand, supply, equilibrium, and shifting these curves. Good luck studying economics. Snakes? Why did it have to be snakes?!

Mr. Clifford's explanation of the short run and long run Phillips curves. In the short run, there is a negative relationship between inflation and unemployment. In the long run, there is no trade-off between inflation and unemployment....

Hey, this is Jacob Clifford and welcome to the Macro Unit 2 Summary (new version). This unit is about measuring the economy and covers topics like GDP (2:17), unemployment (8:16), inflation/CPI (12:47), the business cycle (19:55).

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...

Hey econ students. Here’s a quick video explaining the difference between accounting profit and economic profit. Just remember that accountants only factor in explicit costs while economists factor in explicit AND implicit costs. Also,...

Twas the week before Christmas, and in every class Each student with finals prayed that they passed In micro the graphs were all labeled with care Showing ceilings and floors and the effect on welfare. In macro the graphs were AS and AD...

Two points. First, politicians shouldn't make economically unrealistic promises. A single-payer health care system would be nice, so would free college education, lower taxes, paid maternity, a balanced budget, services for senior...

This activity is designed to help you master the key graphs of macroeconomics or microeconomics. If you can spot what’s wrong with each graph you will be less likely to make those mistakes. The handout for the activity is free and is...

I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy. Like many of you, I'm quarantined in my house so I made this quick video talking about some of the economic concepts associated with recent events. I talk about scarcity, shortages,...

This is an old video where I explain aggregate demand, aggregate supply, and long run aggregate supply. Keep in mind that the "long run" is not a specific amount of time. The long run refers to enough time for resource prices (like...

In this video I explain how to show the effects tariffs and quotas on a supply and demand graph. The days I filmed this video were in "spirit week". One day was sports day (that's why I'm dressed like a coach) and the other day was...

Most students today have probably never heard of one of the economist that Paul Krugman, called “possibly the most brilliant communicator of economic ideas to the general public that ever lived.” Milton Friedman won the Nobel prize in...

Check out my new and improved AP® Economics Teacher Resources (2015).

In this episode I overanalyze Marvel's Captain America: The First Avenger. I discuss the field of developmental economics and explain how Steve Rodgers can be seen as a metaphor for the world's underdeveloped countries.

Hey econ students! This summary video covers microeconomics Unit 2: Supply and Demand. It covers demand, supply, elasticity, disequilibrium, equilibrium, shifts, taxes, and internations trade. Be sure to print and fill out the Unit 2...

Some practice question videos are reserved for students that support ACDC Econ and purchase Ultimate Review Packet. The complete version of this video (and a bunch other hidden videos) comes with the packet. By the way, YouTube ad...

Should we end pollution? Could we even if we wanted to? Mr. Clifford explains marginal social cost, externalities and the role of the government. Don't forget to watch the very end.

Welcome to ACDC Econ. The is the Micro Unit 2 Summary. In this video I explain demand and supply (1:07), double shifts (9:30), price controls (10:19), elasticity (11:37), welfare economics(17:07), tariffs, and how to maximize utility...