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Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition
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[2012]
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21st Century Edition
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English
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Table of Contents
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Reducing Poverty: What Have We Done? (1:50) --
Needs of the Elderly (2:52) --
Advent of Social Security (2:13) --
Transfer Program (2:45) --
History of Welfare (2:09) --
Welfare Reform Act of 1996 (1:12) --
Welfare Reform Debate (2:49) --
Was the Welfare Reform Act a Success? (1:56) --
Poverty Epidemic (2:07) --
Perry Center (3:59) --
Reducing Poverty (3:00) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Reducing Poverty (0:28)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Booms and Bust: Who can explain the Business Cycle? (2:02) --
Rise of Marxian Theory (2:19) --
Self-Generated Cycle (1:29) --
Gale of Creative Destruction (1:58) --
Why are Marx and Schumpeter's Ideas so Different? (1:45) --
Advent of the Great Depression (2:48) --
Herbert Hoover Villified (3:14) --
Advent of Keynesian Theory (2:04) --
Keynes Revolutionary Theory (1:38) --
Hyman Minsky's Prediction (2:54) --
The Minsky Moment (3:11) --
Inevitability of Booms and Busts (2:21) --
Credits: Boom and Bust-Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Perfect Competition and Inelastic Demand: Can the Farmer Make a Profit? (1:55) --
"Food Will Win the War" (3:16) --
Chronic State of Surplus (3:02) --
Supplies Outrunning Demand (2:28) --
Milk Producers Association (2:31) --
Milk Strike (2:08) --
Why the Dairymen Were Unsuccessful (2:16) --
Advent of Farm Subsidies (2:29) --
Modern Farm Subsidies (3:42) --
Expense of Saving the Family Farm (3:04) --
Credits: Perfect Competition and Inelastic Demand-Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Fiscal Policy: Can We Control the Economy? (1:55) --
Eisenhower in Office, 1952 (2:27) --
Recession in 1954 (2:07) --
Stabilizing Budget Policy (1:13) --
John F. Kennedy Promises Change (3:16) --
Stimulating the Economy (3:01) --
Kennedy's Tax Cut (1:28) --
Using Fiscal Policy to Stabilize the Economy (1:31) --
Truman's Economic Goals (2:01) --
Obama's Stimulus Package (2:13) --
Congress Divided Over Fiscal Policy (2:56) --
Fiscal Policy Options (3:13) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Fiscal Policy (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Introduction to Supply and Demand (1:44) --
Need for Water Conservation (2:05) --
Water Rationing and Marin County (2:35) --
Value of Water (1:49) --
Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility (2:23) --
Demand for Oil (2:21) --
Price Ceilings (1:57) --
Deregulating the Oil Industry (2:37) --
Supply and Demand Curves (2:17) --
Designer Jean Fad (2:40) --
Peak of Designer Jeans (2:13) --
Market Dynamics (2:35) --
Credits: Supply and Demand-Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Profits and Interest: How do You Get the Best Return? (1:34) --
Rising Interest Rates (2:26) --
Demise of the Usury Ceiling (2:22) --
Usury and Governmental Intervention (2:09) --
Origins of Apple (2:35) --
Apple's First Products (2:27) --
Apple Becomes a Global Success (2:34) --
Innovation Leads to Large Profits (2:11) --
Investing in Prescription Drugs (1:58) --
Expenses in Creating a New Drug (2:00) --
Generic Drugs (2:08) --
Excessive Profits (2:26) --
Credits: Economics U$A-Profits and Interest (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Federal Reserve: Introduction (1:48) --
Origins of the Federal Reserve (2:21) --
Onset of the Great Depression (2:28) --
Raising the Discount Rate (1:56) --
Analysis of the Money Supply (3:11) --
War Bonds (2:12) --
Treasury and the Federal Reserve (2:42) --
Accord of 1951 and Open Market Operations (2:59) --
Recession of 2008 (2:50) --
TARP (2:56) --
Economic Recovery (2:13) --
Credits: Economics U$A-The Federal Reserve (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Stabilization Policy: Introduction (1:44) --
Inflation on the Rise (2:35) --
Lower Inflation and Higher Growth? (3:03) --
Economic Stabilization (1:26) --
Curbing Inflation (2:01) --
Advent of Foreign Economies (2:51) --
Increase in the Trade Deficit (2:42) --
Foreign and Domestic Trade Policies (1:37) --
Housing Crash of 2008 (2:14) --
Troubled Asset Relief Program (2:11) --
TARP Becomes a Law (2:07) --
TARP Prevented Economic Collapse (2:06) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Stabilization Policy (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Exchange Rates: Introduction (1:42) --
Britain's Economy Plummets (2:34) --
Great Depression (2:40) --
Gold Standard (2:39) --
Brettonwoods Conference (2:43) --
Fixed Exchange Rate System Leads to Dollar Glut (2:41) --
Supply and Demand (3:51) --
Advent of the Euro (2:20) --
Single European Market (2:45) --
Greece, Italy, and Ireland's Financial Crisis (3:11) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Exchange Rates (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Public Goods And Responsibilities: How Far Should We Go? (1:46) --
Government Intervention in Free Market (2:16) --
Creation of Tennessee Valley Authority (2:40) --
Public Goods in a Private Market Economy (2:29) --
History of Medical Insurance (2:54) --
Medicare and Medicaid (3:06) --
Federal Programs Under Criticism (1:13) --
Economic Rational for Subsidized Health Care (1:56) --
Federal Oversight in Airport Security (2:15) --
TSA as a Public Good (1:35) --
Changes in Airport Security Post 9/11 (1:48) --
Defining Public Goods (2:49) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Public Goods and Responsibilities (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Markets: Do they Serve our Needs? (2:00) --
Who Supplies? Who Demands? (2:33) --
Supply and Demand for Housing (1:51) --
Innovations of Levittown (2:04) --
How Does the Market System Work? (2:42) --
Rise of Foreign Steel Companies (2:01) --
Benefits of Steel Mini-Mills (2:30) --
Domestic Steel Demand Curve (3:20) --
Birth of the Free Agent (1:58) --
Free Agency in the Modern Era (1:55) --
High Salary for Rare Talent (1:55) --
Applying the Laws of Supply and Demand (2:00) --
Credits: Markets-Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Economic Efficiency: What Price, Controls? (1:54) --
Invisible Hand in the Marketplace (2:55) --
Price Freeze Repercussions (3:31) --
Ineffectiveness of Price Controls (3:21) --
Planning for World War II (2:12) --
Economy of World War II (1:30) --
Office of Price Administration (2:19) --
Price Control Analysis (1:28) --
Post War Housing Crisis (2:34) --
Rent Control in the 1960s (2:21) --
Costs of Price Interference (3:05) --
Credits: Economic Efficiency-Economics U$A (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
International Trade: Introduction (1:35) --
Japanese Automobiles Rise in Popularity (2:49) --
Quotas on Japanese Cars? (2:30) --
American Dealers Raise Prices (3:17) --
Europe Dumps Steel in America (3:49) --
Trigger Price Mechanism (2:32) --
Issues with International Trade (2:24) --
North American Trade Agreement (4:10) --
NAFTA and the Labor Force (2:20) --
NAFTA is a Positive Sum Game (1:49) --
Credits: Economics U$A- International Trade (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
GNP/GDP What's it all About? (1:58) --
Need for a National Economic Study (3:16) --
Simon Kuznet's Plan (2:58) --
National Income: 1929-1932 (2:55) --
Aiding the Allies (2:42) --
Calculating Costs for the War Effort (2:12) --
GNP and Production (2:52) --
Comparing Economic Indicators (2:17) --
Criticism of the GDP (2:27) --
GDP and Welfare (3:22) --
Credits: Economics U$A- GDP/GNP (0:28)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Resources and Scarcity: What is Economics All About? (2:17) --
Potential Oil Source (2:27) --
Alaskan Land Act (3:03) --
Production Possibilities Curve (2:31) --
Production Needs in World War II (2:52) --
World War II Productivity (3:04) --
Limits during World War II (1:59) --
Garment Industry Health Concerns (2:14) --
Garment Industry on the Offensive (2:52) --
Garment Industry vs. OSHA: Verdict (3:40) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Resources and Scarcity (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Federal Deficits: Introduction (2:17) --
World War II Deficit (2:07) --
War Time Prosperity (2:20) --
WWII Ends (2:59) --
Balanced Budget (2:29) --
Presidential Race, 1960 (2:11) --
Counter Cyclic Policies (1:21) --
"Moment of Truth" (2:36) --
Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2:26) --
Bowles-Simpson Committee Outcome (2:43) --
Can the Government Compromise? (3:23) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Federal Deficits (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Productivity: Introduction (1:53) --
History of Productivity (2:43) --
Productivity Decrease (2:35) --
Recession in the 1970's (2:16) --
Less Government Intervention (2:24) --
Reagan Tax plan (2:43) --
Did Reagan's Tax Plan Succeed? (2:26) --
Government Spending (2:08) --
Information Age (2:45) --
Government Nurtures Technology (2:33) --
Government Funding and Satellites (2:45) --
Credits: Productivity: Economics U$A (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Why Couldn't We Beat Stagflation? (1:54) --
Stagflation Basics (2:35) --
Supply Shock Inflation (2:39) --
Capitulating Prices and High Unemployment (2:32) --
Federal Government Intervention (2:59) --
Recession Worsens (2:51) --
Unemployment Soars (3:07) --
Reverse Stagflation (3:04) --
Economic Growth and 9/11 (2:58) --
Is Inflation Dead? (2:42) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Stagflation (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Economic Growth: Can we keep up the Pace? (1:46) --
Birth of the Model T (1:59) --
Innovations in Productivity (3:19) --
Ford's Legacy (2:57) --
"Limits to Growth" (2:27) --
Confronting Doom Sayers (2:31) --
Solutions to Material Extinction (1:59) --
Predictions of Economic Growth (2:10) --
How Corporations Use the Internet (3:03) --
General Purpose Technology (2:14) --
Transformative Techonolgy (2:30) --
Credits: Economic U$A- Economic Growth (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Oligopolies: Whatever Happened to Price Competition? (1:54) --
Birth of American Automobile Industry (2:35) --
Model T- Fords Versus General Motors (2:30) --
Oligopolies Explained (2:54) --
Tennessee Valley Authority (2:27) --
Anti-Trust Violators (3:38) --
Why Would a Company Fix Prices? (2:29) --
Should the Airline Industry be Deregulated? (2:06) --
Post Deregulation (2:10) --
Pros and Cons of Deregulation (1:46) --
Lessons from Airline De-Regulation (2:16) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Oliogopolies (0:38)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
The Firm: How Can it Keep Costs Down? (1:46) --
Sugar Shortage (2:32) --
Birth of High Fructose Corn Syrup (2:31) --
Coca Cola's Success in a Market Economy (3:12) --
Studebaker's Post War Success (2:44) --
Decline of Studebaker (2:16) --
Studebaker Shuts Down (1:44) --
Economies of Scale (2:00) --
Competing in Publishing (2:06) --
Effective Cost Saving Strategy (2:45) --
Input Optimization (2:49) --
Credits: The Firm-Economics U$A: 21st Century Edition (0:31)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Monetary Policy: Introduction (1:52) --
Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (3:11) --
Recession Before Recovery (2:19) --
Money Supply and the Equation of Exchange (3:35) --
Economic Crash? (3:12) --
Stock Market Crash and Rally in 1987 (2:53) --
Financial Emergency (1:23) --
Productivity soared in 1999 (2:29) --
Tech Bubble and Housing Crash (3:56) --
Monetary Policy and Asset Cycles (2:38) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Monetary Policy (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Pollution and the Environment: How Much is a Clean Environment Worth? (1:40) --
Reserve Mining Company (2:47) --
Asbestos in Lake Superior (3:03) --
Negative Externalities of Production (3:01) --
Clean Air Act (1:58) --
Cleaning up Los Angeles (2:21) --
Clean Air Act Amended (1:52) --
Economic Principles Behind Cleaning up Pollution (2:34) --
Addressing Global Warming (2:23) --
American Clean Energy and Security Act (3:15) --
Cap and Trade System (2:13) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Pollution and the Environment (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Labor and Management How do They Come to Terms? (2:04) --
Rise of the Sweatshop (1:25) --
The Shirtwaist (2:23) --
New York Shirtwaist Strike of 1909 (1:43) --
Impact of Unions on Supply and Demand (2:53) --
Effect of the Oil Embargo (2:03) --
Re-Negotiation and Government Guaranteed Loan (2:25) --
A Change in Labor Relations (1:56) --
Collaboration Instead of Conflict (1:13) --
Consumers Prosper but Employees Suffer (2:20) --
Unions at Walmart (1:55) --
Competing Business Models (2:19) --
Should Retail Stores Unionize? (2:19) --
Credits: Economics U$A- Labor and Management (0:28)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Why Must the Banking System be Protected? (1:41) --
Knickerbocker Trust Finesses the Market (3:30) --
"J.P. Morgan Saves the Day" (2:05) --
Changes in the Banking Industry (3:00) --
Origin of the Federal Reserve (2:12) --
Stock Market Crash (2:14) --
National Bank Holiday (1:57) --
Was a Bank Holiday Required? (2:39) --
Housing Bubble Crash of 2008 (2:29) --
Shadow Banking System (2:28) --
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (3:14) --
Credits: Economics U$A- The Banking System (0:30)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Monopoly: Who's in Control? (1:17) --
Rise of Standard Oil (2:39) --
Complete Control of a Market (1:58) --
Sherman Act of 1890 (2:04) --
Low Yield and High Fees (2:35) --
Natural Monopoly (1:36) --
Kingsbury Commitment (2:23) --
Microwave Technology (2:17) --
Economies of Scale (2:16) --
Justice Department vs. Microsoft (1:57) --
Did Microsoft Create a Monopoly? (2:06) --
Verdict Against Microsoft (1:37) --
Curbing Monopolistic Practices (2:22) --
Credits: Monopoly- Economics U$A (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
The Great Depression and the Keynesian Revolution: What did we Learn? (1:39) --
Great Depression in 1932 (2:18) --
Economic Theory in the Great Depression (2:57) --
Keynesian Theory Explained (2:17) --
Keynes Relocates to Harvard (2:37) --
"The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money" (2:29) --
Keynes' Innovation (2:41) --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Becomes President (2:15) --
Roosevelt Meets Keynes (1:52) --
Great Depression in the Late 1930's (2:18) --
World War II Begins (1:27) --
End of the Great Depression (2:29) --
Credits: Economics U$A- The Great Depression and Keynesian Revolution (0:29)
From the eVideo - 21st Century Edition
Inflation: How Did the Spiral Begin? (1:48) --
President Amid a Recession (2:24) --
Economic Growth leads to Inflation (2:19) --
Demand Exceeds Supply (2:47) --
Does Economic Growth Always Lead to Inflation? (3:00) --
Who Benefits from Inflation? (1:28) --
Groups Rallied against Inflation (3:16) --
Winners and Losers in Inflation (1:50) --
Nixon's Economic Strategies (2:32) --
Nixon Institutes Price Control (1:49) --
Slowing Inflation Leads to a Recession (2:52) --
Credits: Economics U$A-Inflation (0:30)
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