In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about specialization and trade, and how countries decide whether they’re going to make stuff or trade for stuff. You’ll learn about things like... Read more »
Why are some countries rich? Why are some countries poor? In the end it comes down to Productivity. This week on Crash Course Econ, Adriene and Jacob investigate just why some economies... Read more »
This week, Adriene and Jacob teach you about macroeconomics. This is the stuff of big picture economics, and the major movers in the economy. Like taxes and monetary policy and inflation and... Read more »
In which Adriene and Jacob teach you about how and why prices rise. Sometimes prices rise as a result of inflation, which is a pretty normal thing for economies to do. We’ll... Read more »
This week on Crash Course Econ, Jacob and Adriene are talking about failure. Specifically, we’re talking about market failures. When markets don’t provide a good or service efficiently, that’s a market failure.... Read more »
What is a monopoly? It turns out, it’s more than just a board game. It’s a terrible, terrible economic practice in which giant corporations dominate markets and hurt consumers. Except when it... Read more »
In which Jacob Clifford and Adriene Hill teach you about Economic Systems and Macroeconomics. So, economics is basically about choices. We’ll look at some of the broadest economic choices when we talk... Read more »
Today on Crash Course Economics, Adriene and Jacob talk about the 2008 financial crisis and the US Goverment’s response to the troubles. So, all this starts with home mortgages, and the use... Read more »
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... Read more »
In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about one of the fundamental economic ideas, supply and demand. What is supply and demand? Well, you’ll have to watch the video to... Read more »