Economics

The Credit Crisis - Visualization - Part 1

StatPlanet — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:42:01 +0100

An excellent visualization of the financial crisis and credit crunch.

Data Visualization

Visualizing One Trillion Dollars

EduTube — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:42:17 +0200

A short animated video illustrating the value of a trillion dollars. "Thanks to the current bailout, trillion is the new billion".

Arithmetic, Population, and Energy Part 1 of 8

EduTube — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:50:14 +0200

Most people do not understand exponential growth, yet the concept is of fundamental importance. Lecture by Dr. Albert A. Bartlett, professor emeritus of Physics at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

A lesson in inflation from DuckTales

samosama — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:02:27 +0200

This episode of Ducktales shows what happens when money gets 'duplicated'.

Ron Paul on the Global Financial Crisis

harvey — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:30:48 +0100

Ron Paul's perspective on resolving the financial crisis - interview on Real Time with Bill Maher.

Stock Market Manipulation - Jim Cramer

EduTube — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:13:37 +0100

A surprisingly candid interview with Jim Cramer about managing a hedge fund and manipulating the market.

Juan Enriquez: Tech evolution will eclipse the financial crisis (TEDTalks)

EduTube — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:48:56 +0200

A humorous, inspiring and eye-opening presentation about the financial crisis and the potential of technology to reboot the economy.

Robots

Warren Buffett MBA Talk

harvey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:20:01 +0100

A wide-ranging lecture from Warren Buffet on investment, risk management, integrity, defining your 'circle of competence', successful brands, and various other topics based on questions from the audience.

Steven Levitt: the Freakonomics of inner-city gangs

EduTube — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:31:53 +0200

TedTalks: Steven Levitt is an economics professor at the University of Chicago and the best-selling author of Freakonomics.

TEDTalks

Accounting Basics - Where did Accounting Come From?

EduTube — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:51:41 +0200

A brief history and explanation of accounting.