PickVidsBest Business & economics (other) Videos
The 50 Business & economics (other) videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 0 introductory, 1 intermediate, 49 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Wendover Productions, Tom Scott, FortNine.
The Economics of Airline Class
Wendover Productions explains how airlines make money from different cabin classes and why premium seats matter so much to profits.
I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day tries to manufacture a grill scrubber entirely in the United States.
Why Trains Suck in America
Wendover Productions explains why US passenger rail lags behind other countries.
Big Plane vs Little Plane (The Economics of Long-Haul Flights)
Wendover Productions explains why Boeing's efficient 787 beat Airbus's giant A380, contrasting hub-and-spoke with point-to-point routes.
Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything
Mark Rober visits Zipline and looks at its autonomous delivery drones, including medical and blood deliveries in Rwanda.
Your Post Code Is the Directions, Not the Destination
CGP Grey explains that postal codes are routing instructions for mail rather than geographic regions.
Neom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City.
Patrick Boyle's deadpan account of Saudi Arabia's Neom and The Line megaproject, a planned 170 km linear city that has been scaled back to a fraction of its size.
How Harley-Davidson Killed Itself
FortNine explains how Harley-Davidson ended up in decline, from a narrow lifestyle niche and an aging customer base to the pandemic hitting a company already in trouble.
Drone Delivery Was Supposed to be the Future. What Went Wrong?
Wendover Productions explains why drone delivery has not become the future once promised.
Small Planes Over Big Oceans (ETOPS Explained)
A short Wendover Productions explainer on ETOPS, the rules that let twin-engine jets fly long routes over oceans.
Why Trains are so Expensive
A Wendover Productions explainer on why train tickets, especially Amtrak in the US, cost so much compared with flying.
60 Minutes - Luxottica. Do you know who makes your glasses?
A 60 Minutes segment on Luxottica, the company that owns most major eyewear brands and retailers and dominates the market.
How Overnight Shipping Works
Wendover Productions explains how overnight shipping works, covering the hub-and-spoke logistics of companies like FedEx and UPS and the use of cargo aircraft.
Driving Amazon’s ELECTRIC Delivery Vehicle: Rivian EDV
A first-day ride-along with an Amazon delivery driver using the Rivian electric delivery van.
The Stealership Trap - Why We Need the Dealership "Rip Off"
FortNine explains the economics of the dealership model, arguing that dealers absorb inventory risk and help manufacturers' finances.
Why Planes Don't Fly Faster
Wendover Productions explains why modern airliners fly no faster than they did decades ago, covering the economics of speed and fuel efficiency, and why supersonic travel faded.
Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on timeshares covers how people get sold into them, why they are so hard to leave, and the exit-company scams that target owners trying to get out.
What It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments | Odd Lots
An Odd Lots podcast episode on why converting empty office buildings into apartments is hard.
I, Pencil: The Movie
A short film from the Competitive Enterprise Institute adapting Leonard Read's 1958 essay I, Pencil, showing how no one person knows how to make a pencil and how many people cooperate without central planning.
Iowa Swine Day 2022: Agriculture at the End of the World
Peter Zeihan speaks at Iowa Swine Day 2022 on geopolitics, the end of globalization and agriculture.
The Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone
A Wendover Productions documentary-style video on how Zipline delivers blood and medical supplies by drone in Rwanda.
The Chinese Student Crisis
PolyMatter examines how universities, especially in the West, depend on foreign and Chinese student tuition and how rankings and incentives distort institutions around that money.
The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation System
Wendover Productions explains how the US military moves people and materiel worldwide, including prepositioned equipment, sealift and airlift.
How Budget Airlines Work
A Wendover Productions explainer on how budget airlines can sell tickets for under 10 euros.