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.
Better Business Bureau 20/20 Investigation
An ABC 20/20 investigation into whether the Better Business Bureau sells its ratings.
Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)
Wendover Productions explains the wave of supply shortages in 2021, arguing the causes go beyond COVID.
Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
A short, sarcastic Half as Interesting video about a tiny freight railway in Canada built to exploit a shipping regulation loophole.
Jones Act Debate | Center for Maritime Strategy & Heritage Foundation | Containerships & Dirigibles
Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on With Shipping?
How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?
Tom Scott tours Ocado's automated grocery warehouse, where thousands of robots move boxes on a grid called the Hive, and asks whether they are individual robots or a hive mind.
How Dollar Stores Quietly Consumed America
A Wendover Productions video on how dollar store chains expanded across America and why they displace grocery stores in small towns.
Expert breakdown of NYC's overpriced commercial vacancies.
Louis Rossmann explains why NYC commercial landlords keep storefronts vacant rather than lowering rents.
IBM RFID Commercial-The Future Supermarket
A 2006 IBM commercial depicting a future supermarket where shoppers walk out and RFID automatically charges them for their items.
Kiva Systems Warehouse Automation at Quiet Logistics
An overview of the Quiet Logistics warehouse using Kiva Systems robots, narrated by company executives.
Power of the Market - The Pencil
A three-minute excerpt from Milton Friedman's Free to Choose in which he uses a pencil to show that no single person knows how to make it.
Bulletball
Inventor Marc Griffin pitches his game Bulletball to the American Inventor judges.
The Art Market is a Scam (And Rich People Run It)
A Wendover Productions video on how the art market works, arguing that prices are driven by wealth, storage and tax mechanics rather than artistic value.
I Sold Microwave Meals On Deliveroo
YouTuber Josh Pieters lists microwave meals on Deliveroo as if from a restaurant and sees whether anyone orders them.
An Arizona Farmer on How to Grow Alfalfa in the Middle of the Desert | Odd Lots
An Odd Lots podcast episode with Arizona hay farmer Trevor Bales on why growing alfalfa in the desert makes sense despite drought.
Exposing FRAUD And DECEPTION In The Retro Video Game Market
Karl Jobst investigates the retro video game bubble, examining who caused it, who profits, and how graders and auction houses like Wata Games and Heritage inflate prices.
This clock was famous, but the internet ruined it.
Tom Scott explains the famous Dutch flower auction clock at Royal FloraHolland in Aalsmeer, a literal Dutch auction, and how the internet changed it.
other peoples money danny devito
The shareholder speech by Larry the Liquidator, played by Danny DeVito, from the film Other People's Money.
China's Bonkers Bike-share Bubble
An Asianometry documentary-style video on the rise and collapse of China's dockless bike-share boom.
Robotic Distribution
A short 2009 WIRED clip showing Kiva Systems robots moving inventory shelves in a warehouse serving online retailer Zappos.
Drone Delivery Start-Up Zipline Beats Amazon, UPS And FedEx To The Punch | CNBC
A short CNBC report on Zipline, which has delivered medical supplies by drone in Rwanda since 2016 and is preparing to start in the U.S.
VerizonMath Original Recording of Verizon Customer Service C
An original recording of a Verizon customer service call in which the rep fails to understand the difference between cents and dollars, known as Verizon Math.
Fight Club - The Recall Coordinator's Formula
A two-minute clip from the film Fight Club in which the narrator, a former recall coordinator, explains the formula companies use to decide whether a recall costs more than paying out settlements.
Why Heathrow Airport Had Empty Flights to Nowhere
Half as Interesting explains why airlines flew empty 'ghost flights' out of Heathrow to keep their landing slots under use-it-or-lose-it rules.
I Became The World’s Richest Man For 7 Minutes
Comedy YouTuber Max Fosh stunts his way to briefly becoming the world's richest man by selling a tiny share in a company at an inflated valuation.