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。
Milton Friedman - Why Tax Reform Is Impossible
Milton Friedman explains why the US tax code is enormously complex and why meaningful reform is unlikely.
Dominic Frisby. A simple guide to land value tax
Comedian Dominic Frisby gives a ten-minute explanation of land value tax.
RSA ANIMATE: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
An RSA Animate adaptation of a Slavoj Zizek talk on charitable giving and ethical consumerism.
The Stealership Trap - Why We Need the Dealership "Rip Off"
FortNine explains the economics of the dealership model, arguing that dealers absorb inventory risk and help manufacturers' finances.
The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink | TED
Dan Pink's TED talk argues that traditional carrot-and-stick rewards often fail for creative work, drawing on the candle problem and social science research.
How government programs drive up college tuitions
Peter Schiff, during his 2010 Senate campaign, argues that government loan programs and subsidies push college tuition up.
The REAL reason behind the housing crisis
Gary's Economics argues that the UK housing crisis stems from wealth inequality, treating housing as an asset like shares that rich people bid up.
I, Pencil: The Movie
A short film from the Competitive Enterprise Institute adapting Leonard Read's 1958 essay I, Pencil, showing how no one person knows how to make a pencil and how many people cooperate without central planning.
Gabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions, and the Future of Corporations
Gabe Newell of Valve speaks at UT Austin's LBJ School on productivity, economics, political institutions and the future of corporations.
Principles of economics, translated
Economist-comedian Yoram Bauman delivers a humorous translation of Mankiw's ten principles of economics for the uninitiated.
Unlocking UAP Mysteries: Economics, Aliens, and The Great Filter | Merged EP0109
A 146-minute Merged Podcast episode in which UAP researcher Ryan Graves talks with economist Robin Hanson about UFOs.
Induced Demand & Roadway Widening: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (and Weren't Afraid to Ask)
CityNerd Ray Delahanty explains induced demand and what happens when freeways are widened.
Free To Choose 1980 - Vol. 01 The Power of the Market - Full Video
The first episode of Milton Friedman's 1980 Free To Choose series, on how markets and voluntary exchange organize economic activity and the price system.
Saifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284
A long Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Austrian economist Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard.
Death to Pennies
CGP Grey's short animated argument for abolishing the US penny, covering its cost and history.
The Myth of the Robber Barons with Burt Folsom
Hillsdale historian Burt Folsom lectures at a 2011 seminar on the 'robber barons' of the Gilded Age.
Are we in control of our decisions? | Dan Ariely
In a TED talk, behavioral economist Dan Ariely uses visual illusions and his research to show that people are less rational in their decisions than they think.
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement - Charlie Munger Full Speech
A recording of Charlie Munger's 1995 Harvard speech on the psychology of human misjudgment.
Pounds, shillings, and pence: a history of English coinage
Lindybeige gives an hour-long history of English coinage and the problems of maintaining a trustworthy currency.
Noam Chomsky: "Free Markets?"
A 1997 Noam Chomsky talk at Northeastern University about the gap between free-market rhetoric and practice.
The riddle of experience vs. memory | Daniel Kahneman
In this TED talk, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman distinguishes the experiencing self from the remembering self, using examples such as vacations and colonoscopies.
Strong Towns: Property Tax vs. Land Value "Tax" (LVT)
Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns explains how a land value tax differs from an ordinary property tax, why it makes economic sense, and why it is rarely used.
Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
John Green explains why the US spends far more on health care than other countries, going through insurers, drug companies, hospitals and lawyers.
Milton Friedman Speaks: The Economics of Medical Care (B1234) - Full Video
Milton Friedman lectures to physicians on the economics of medical care, arguing that government involvement raises costs and leads toward socialized medicine.