PickVidsBest Microeconomics & behavioral economics Videos
「Microeconomics & behavioral economics」下面有85部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象：入门8部，适合还没学过的人；进阶2部，适合已经懂术语的人；普通向75部，按兴趣就能看；更硬的0部，留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解，所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括LibertyPen、TED、Free To Choose Network。目录给这个主题划的范围是：Economic reasoning: markets, incentives, supply and demand, pricing, tipping, Dan Ariely, Kahneman, nudges, Freakonomics, Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, economics explainers.如果只看三部，就从《Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!》开始，它负责把问题讲出画面；然后看《Debt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber | Talks at Google》，换一种讲法或例子；最后看《The Machinery Of Freedom: Illustrated summary》，留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开，顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月，不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明，用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看，把引用当成只是拿来举例，把批评留下来对照，不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。
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.