The 10 DUMBEST Trump Moments of 2025 🤦♂️ | Lies, Chaos & Total Incompetence Donald Trump’s 2025 presidency has already delivered an unbelievable number of public blunders, lies and outright embarrassing moments.... Read more »
Long after a natural disaster strikes, its fingerprints can be seen on a society. In this lecture, Amir Jina, assistant professor in the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, uses... Read more »
For decades, we were told certain disasters only happen “once every hundred years.” They don’t. Misguided insurance models, political pressure, and moral hazard convinced millions to build homes in places that should... Read more »
[S10 E23] Dark Times, Hard Truths **Economic Update is a @Democracy At Work production. We make it a point to provide the show free of ads. Please consider supporting our work. Donate... Read more »
In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about specialization and trade, and how countries decide whether they’re going to make stuff or trade for stuff. You’ll learn about things like... Read more »
Why are some countries rich? Why are some countries poor? In the end it comes down to Productivity. This week on Crash Course Econ, Adriene and Jacob investigate just why some economies... Read more »
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... Read more »
In which Adriene and Jacob teach you about how and why prices rise. Sometimes prices rise as a result of inflation, which is a pretty normal thing for economies to do. We’ll... Read more »
This week on Crash Course Econ, Jacob and Adriene are talking about failure. Specifically, we’re talking about market failures. When markets don’t provide a good or service efficiently, that’s a market failure.... Read more »
What is a monopoly? It turns out, it’s more than just a board game. It’s a terrible, terrible economic practice in which giant corporations dominate markets and hurt consumers. Except when it... Read more »