Business & Economics
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Free Educational Resources!
This collection of video-centered educational materials focuses on the areas of Business and Economics for grades 6-12+. Explore our Courses (some accredited!), Learning Modules (structured content collections with about a week's worth of material), Teaching Units (educational videos with support materials), and Teachable Moments (short, right-to-the-point videos on one topic).
Educational videos with full teacher's guides.
The Invisible Hand
eBay and a Scottish bakery demonstrate Adam Smith's Invisible Hand concept within a free market.
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4 Ways to Spend Money
A musical look at economist Milton Friedman's 4 Ways to Spend Money.
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Borrower Beware
In 2008, housing prices soared. Getting a mortgage was easy. Then the bubble burst. Why?
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The Drew Carey Project - Vol. 2
How far should the government go to protect people from their own choices?
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Financial Literacy
Want less stress? More happiness? Learn how to manage your money... whatever there is of it!
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Free Trade
A re-examination of Milton Friedman's free-market principles in the context of current times.
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Food Truck Roadblock
In Chicago, excessive government regulation often dictates how food truck owners run their business.
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The Foundations of Wealth
How society has evolved from the subsistence economies of old to the global trade economies of today.
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The Great Depression: 2.0
The Great Depression had more to do with the money supply than the stock market crash.
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Inventing the Future
How did entrepreneurs and venture capitalists create the building blocks of our future?
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Locked Out! Roots of the Arab Spring
Expropriation by corrupt government officials set off the protests that became the Arab Spring.
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Morality in the Marketplace
Knowing right from wrong, and how morality applies to today's businesses and the free market.
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The Paradox of Progress
The process of creative destruction through the story of package delivery pioneered by FedEx.
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Pennies a Day
Small loans to millions of rural villagers has enabled poor women to lift their families out of extreme poverty.
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Personal Best
In the U.S., all are guaranteed equality under the law, but have we achieved that ideal?
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Power to the Planet
Examine the pros & cons of our available energy sources, from fossil fuels to wind and solar.
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The Price System
It is the price system and the free market which has enabled the United States to develop.
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Risk & Reward
Venture capitalists backed entrepreneurs to create some of America's most successful businesses.
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Sneaker Money
A young urban entrepreneur helps his neighbors who are locked out of traditional banking for a variety of reasons.
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Student Loans
Planning for your future requires understanding education & career options, and the ramifications of student loan debt. How does it all work?
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Too Big to Fail?
The East India Company is an old example of crony capitalism. What's lobbying? Why shouldn't we 'feed' business?
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Too Much Money
When governments keep printing money without backing, it reduces the purchasing power of your money.
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What's Taxing About Taxes?
Federal income tax - who pays? What's 'fair?' A group of students dig deeper.
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Where Did My Money Go?
Paycheck sticker shock leads to a lesson on the many taxes paid by individuals.
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Win Win - a Trading Game
Win-Win is a classroom trading game that will have students learning about economics and trade.
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A World of Money
Throughout history, money has taken many forms. Go around the world to document the history of money.
Short, right-to-the-point videos.
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Barter & Entrepreneurship
Lady entrepreneur in Africa (Zambia) explans how barter was part of her initial business.
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Birth of Video Game Biz
The history of Atari and video games.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
A peek into the Chicago Merchantile Exchange, where cattle futures stand in for cattle.
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Competition Brings Better Products
How competition allows consumers choices.
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Compressed Natural Gas Trucks
Big rigs run on compressed natural gas - lower emissions!
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Consumer Choices Drive Price, Supply & Demand
Consumers vote with their wallets, impacting price and supply & demand.
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East India Tea Company
What company prompted the Boston Tea Party?
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eBay - Economic Democracy - Reputation Matters
Visit eBay to see Invisible Hand at work, and how reputation is critical for sellers.
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Freewheeling Innovation
New technology in bike helmets can't be used in the U.S. Why not? Regulations.
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From Idea to Business
How business incubators help entrepreneurs connect with venture capitalists and get started.
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History of U.S. Federal Income Tax
What's the history of the U.S. federal income tax system?
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Hong Kong's Rise as Economic Powerhouse
Without natural resources, how did Hong Kong become such an economical powerhouse?
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How $ and Fractional Reserve Banking Work
Why money has value and how fractional reserve banking works.
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Lowell MA and the Industrial Revolution
Industrial revolution began in Lowell, Mass.
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Roadblocks & Food Trucks
Lobbying and regulation in the food service industry.
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Sheep, Subsidies, & the Environment
How did farm subsidies lead to skinny sheep in New Zealand?
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - A.P. Giannini
A.P. Giannini built his bank by loaning money to ordinary people.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby, father of the high-performance 'muscle car.'
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Clarence Saunders
Saunders's Piggly Wiggly changed shopping forever.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - David Sarnoff
How David Sarnoff pioneered modern broadcasting.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Frank Woolworth
Frank Woolworth opened the first five-and-dime store.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Fred Harvey
Fred Harvey, civilizer of the American West.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan, serial innovator and entrepreneur focusing on safety.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - George Eastman
George Eastman created the Kodak camera.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Gertrude Whitney
Sculptor and philanthropist Gertrude Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser built roads, dams, ships–and more.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover succeeded and failed with the same skills.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - John H. Johnson
John H. Johnson-Negro Digest, Ebony, Jet.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan made buildings safer with reinforced concrete.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - J.R. Simplot
How Billionaire J.R. Simplot went from French fries to microchips.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Lena Malsin
How Lena Malsin changed fashion forever.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Malcolm McLean
Malcom McLean revolutionized the shipping industry.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Margaret Rudkin
Margaret Rudkin's quest for healthier bread created a booming business.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Norman Borlaug
How Norman Borlaug fought world hunger.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Ruth Handler
Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Sir John James Cowperthwaite
Hong Kong and Sir John James Cowperthwaite.
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Steve Forbes On Achievement - Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook made travel possible for everyday people.
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Supply, Demand & Price
Adam Smith's Invisible Hand at work - Supply & Demand drive price.
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The Weka Dilemma
New Zealand weka birds are endangered, but this farmer has a unique plan to save them!
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Venture Capital - Risking for Reward
How venture capital works.