PickVidsBest Microeconomics & behavioral economics Videos
The 85 Microeconomics & behavioral economics videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 8 introductory, 2 intermediate, 75 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 LibertyPen, TED, Free To Choose Network.
Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!
A rap battle in which John Maynard Keynes and F.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber | Talks at Google
David Graeber's Talks at Google presentation on his book Debt: The First 5,000 Years, covering the history of debt, the myth of barter and the Jubilee tradition.
The Machinery Of Freedom: Illustrated summary
An illustrated 23-minute summary of David Friedman's talk based on The Machinery of Freedom.
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement - Charlie Munger Full Speech
Audio of Charlie Munger's 1995 Harvard speech on the psychology of human misjudgment, laying out a framework of cognitive biases and mental models for decision making.
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.
Peter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."
Peter Thiel is the first guest on Eric Weinstein's The Portal, in a nearly three-hour conversation about technological stagnation, institutional failure and the link between growth and violence.
Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated
Technology Connections examines why light bulbs have the lifespans they do, including the real history of the Phoebus cartel.
Tobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
A Last Week Tonight segment on how tobacco companies sustain profits by pushing sales overseas.
Democracy at Work: Curing Capitalism | Richard Wolff | Talks at Google
Economist Richard Wolff's Talks at Google lecture on his book Democracy at Work.
The Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on state lotteries.
Milton Friedman - The Negative Income Tax
A 1968 Firing Line interview in which Milton Friedman explains the negative income tax, a proposal to replace welfare bureaucracy with direct payments.
The Carbon Offset Problem
Wendover Productions examines why carbon offsets so often fail to reduce emissions, covering specific examples and the perverse incentives in offset schemes.
A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism
Kurzgesagt makes a selfish case for improving the world, arguing that helping people far away raises prosperity and innovation for everyone, including yourself.
Economics of Nuclear Reactor
A professor from Illinois compares the cost of building, fueling and operating a nuclear plant against a natural gas plant, using visual charts.
Why Tipping Should Be Banned - Adam Ruins Everything
An Adam Ruins Everything segment arguing that tipping should be banned.
The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz | TED
Psychologist Barry Schwartz argues in this TED talk that abundant choice makes people more paralyzed and dissatisfied rather than freer and happier.
This is why we can't have nice things
Veritasium explores planned obsolescence, from the Phoebus lightbulb cartel to printers and phones.
Milton Friedman - The Real World Effects Of Unions
An 11-minute clip of Milton Friedman explaining the incentives of unions and how they affect employment.
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.
Why do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan
A short animated TED-Ed lesson in which two competing ice cream vendors on a beach illustrate why rival shops cluster together.
Milton Friedman Speaks: Money and Inflation (B1230) - Full Video
An 86-minute Milton Friedman talk arguing that inflation is a monetary phenomenon caused by money supply growing faster than goods, and that the cure is less government spending and money printing.
Thinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Talks at Google
Daniel Kahneman's Talks at Google lecture on his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, covering System 1 and System 2 thinking and the psychology of judgment and decision making.
Abolish Copyrights and Patents? A Soho Forum Debate
A Soho Forum debate in which patent lawyer Stephan Kinsella argues for abolishing copyright and patents against law professor Richard Epstein.
327 - Choices, costs, and challenges in US healthcare: insurance, drug pricing, & potential reforms
On Peter Attia's podcast, Tenet Healthcare CEO Saum Sutaria, formerly of McKinsey, walks through the structure and financial flows of the US healthcare system.