PickVidsBest Labor, work & inequality Videos
The 92 Labor, work & inequality videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 6 introductory, 1 intermediate, 85 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 LastWeekTonight, TED, LibertyPen.
Have the Boomers Pinched Their Children’s Futures? - with Lord David Willetts
Lord David Willetts argues at the Royal Institution that the post-war baby boomers gained wealth and security at the expense of younger generations.
Dominic Frisby. A simple guide to land value tax
Comedian Dominic Frisby gives a ten-minute explanation of land value tax.
Work.
Historia Civilis traces the history of work and time discipline, comparing modern working hours with those of medieval peasants and the changes brought by clocks and industrialization.
How an Average Family in Tokyo Can Buy a New Home
A mini-documentary by a Canadian living in Japan explaining how an average family can afford a new detached house in Tokyo.
The NCAA: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on the NCAA, arguing that the organization profits enormously from college athletes while insisting they remain unpaid amateurs.
Charlie Rose: Sir James Goldsmith Interview - 15.11.94
Charlie Rose interviews Sir James Goldsmith in 1994 about the coming GATT free-trade agreement.
SHIPBREAKERS | Would you risk your life dismantling the world’s largest ships just to survive? | NFB
An NFB documentary about the shipbreaking yards of Alang, India, where about 40,000 people dismantle huge ships by hand in dangerous conditions.
A Million Dollars vs A Billion Dollars, Visualized: A Road Trip
Tom Scott makes the difference between a million and a billion dollars tangible by using distance on a road trip instead of volume.
The REAL reason behind the housing crisis
Gary's Economics argues that the UK housing crisis stems from wealth inequality, treating housing as an asset like shares that rich people bid up.
Joe Rogan Experience #1245 - Andrew Yang
Joe Rogan's long interview with Andrew Yang during his 2020 presidential run.
Does Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing? Swimming Pools, Private TV Channels & More
Channel 4's George Clarke visits a council estate in Vienna and is surprised by amenities such as swimming pools and private TV channels.
The Non-capitalist Solution to the Housing Crisis
About Here looks at the housing crisis and argues for non-market solutions such as co-op and social housing, drawing on Vancouver's situation.
Jordan Peterson - Pareto Distributions
A short clip of Jordan Peterson explaining Pareto distributions, using Soviet farm collectivization and the resulting famine as context.
How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED
Scott Galloway's TED talk uses data to argue that young Americans are financially worse off than earlier generations, calling it a great intergenerational theft.
Mark Blyth - A Brief History of How We Got Here and Why
Political economist Mark Blyth gives a lecture tracing two versions of capitalist 'software': the postwar Great Compression era and the neoliberal era from 1980 to 2008.
In Norway, Everyone Can Know How Much You Earn
Tom Scott explains how in Norway and other Nordic countries tax returns, and so individual incomes, are public.
Andrew Ng: Artificial Intelligence is the New Electricity
Andrew Ng speaks at the Stanford MSx Future Forum about how AI is transforming industry after industry, comparing its impact to electricity.
What Eating the Rich Did For Japan
Asianometry traces how the Japanese zaibatsu families grew into vast industrial combines and how postwar reforms abruptly broke up their wealth and control.
What prevents the poor from reaching the middle class? | VISION TALKS
Megan McArdle's AEI Vision Talk 'Capital and Poverty' argues that social and financial capital work differently in low-income communities, and that this explains barriers to reaching the middle class.
Jordan Peterson - Women in High Paying Jobs
A clip of psychologist Jordan Peterson discussing why few women reach high-paying, high-pressure jobs.
Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story
An RTE documentary on Chuck Feeney, the Atlantic Philanthropies founder who secretly gave away his fortune.
How The Dutch Economy Shows We Can't Reduce Wealth Inequality With Taxes | Economics Explained
An Economics Explained video arguing that the Netherlands shows taxes alone can't reduce wealth inequality.
Jordan Peterson - IQ and The Job Market
A clip of Jordan Peterson arguing that IQ is a strong predictor of job market success and that more complex jobs demand higher cognitive ability.
Mobile Homes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on mobile homes, showing how large investment companies are making this affordable housing option less affordable.