LibGuides: Principles of Macroeconomics: Media

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Choices & Change : Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics channel featuring 100+ videos on macroeconomics topics. Many videos are less than 10 minutes.
Competition and Market Regulation (29:29) Antitrust laws, trade regulations, and property ownership work together to preserve the balance of rights among consumers, retailers, and employees. This program explores the market regulations of various countries. (30 minutes)
The Culture of Commerce (57:12) This program explores the systemic differences between the individualistic capitalism of America and Britain, and the communitarian capitalism of Japan and Germany. (58 minutes)
How to Cope with Unemployment (29:40) Where there is commerce, there is usually a degree of unemployment as well. This program explores methods tried by various European nations to reduce unemployment. (30 minutes)
Macroeconomics (14:00) This week, Adriene and Jacob teach you about macroeconomics. This is the stuff of big picture economics, and the major movers in the economy. Like taxes and monetary policy and inflation and policy. We need this stuff, because if you don't have a big picture of the economy, crashes and panics are more likely. Of course, economics is extremely complex and unpredictable. Today we'll talk about GDP as a measure of a country's economic health, the basics of economic analysis, and even a little about full employment, unemployment
Spend and Prosper : A Portrait of J. M. Keynes (51:10) Few 20th-century economists have had the impact of John Maynard Keynes and his break-the-mold assertion that economies can achieve equilibrium without full employment. This program from the BBC traces his life and ideas. (51 minutes)