YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-psychology-behind-irrational-decisions-sara-garofalo Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical... continue reading
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Economics Professor Randy Wray answers the questions: What is Money? Why is at accepted? What is the relationship between money & government? What backs up our money? Can the US government run out of money? ... continue reading
posted by radx 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 153 views • 27:04To quote her own presentation: - Our fears about debt and deficits are driven by an outdated gold standard ideology - Money is not a finite "thing" - Deficits can be too big or too small - The goal... continue reading
posted by radx 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 278 views • 1:18:38YouTube: Are we meant to be a monogamous species?
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 109 views • 2:53Ugggg ... I hate when the time changes [espcially in the Spring!] YouTube: Daylight saving time is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour during the spring and back again in the fall in... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 351 views • 2:20YouTube: It’s also worth remembering that education is kind of economically weird. It’s not just another thing you buy. Education isn’t only about individual gain. There’s a social aspect as well.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 6:36"Greece is in a state of economic and financial crisis that's dominated global headlines this week, but the real roots of the crisis lie over a decade ago in the misguided idea of uniting a very diverse... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 8 years 10 months ago • 1,173 views • 2:55YT: In which John Green teaches you about nation building and nationalism in Latin America. Sometimes, the nations of Latin America get compared to the nations of Europe, and are found wanting. This is... continue reading
posted by RedSky 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 207 views • 12:14More evidence that those in the inner circle "elite" know what's up, but preach something else (often for their own gain). Here, Alan Greenspan (finally) comes clean, albeit "too late." Via Voices... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 9 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 104 views • 4:52A combination of segregation, less taxes to manpower the police force, and a power vacuum for criminal dominance have all been detrimental to the safety of Chicago.
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 473 views • 2:56For nearly all of human history, most people were very, very poor. But something happened after 1800. Average wages began to rise. For example, in the past 200 years, the average wage in the United States... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade ago • 999 views • 3:19YouTube Description: Joe Bongiovanni discusses our monetary system and why fixing it is the single most important issue facing people and the planet. Joe explains how money is created as debt by private... continue reading
posted by Spacedog79 1 decade 6 months 3 weeks ago • 26 views • 46:37As an ESL teacher I find this kind of stuff fascinating! Description (from You Tube): eBay Deals investigates Yale University economist Keith Chen's study on "The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior."... continue reading
posted by azukipie 1 decade 6 months 4 weeks ago • 762 views • 5:54What, after all, is money? And what sets it apart from something that's simply valuable? A big abstract idea like this called for a hands-on experiment.
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