About This Course
This is a video instructional series on economics for
college and high school classrooms and adult learners. There are 28 half-hour video
programs.
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Programs
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- 1. Resources and Scarcity
- Wilderness preservation and WWII productivity show how society allocates and transforms
resources.
- 2. Markets and Prices
- Developer William J. Levitt's low-cost housing and Reggie Jackson's contract help
explain the powerful forces of supply and demand.
- 3. U.S. Economic Growth
- This episode documents the GNP's greatest achievements and failures since its
introduction in the 1930s.
- 4. Booms and Busts
- America's roller-coaster economy is examined in light of the economic theories of Marx,
Schumpeter, Keynes, and Say.
- 5. John Maynard Keynes
- This program introduces Keynesian economic theory and analyzes the Depression.
- 6. Fiscal Policy
- This program explores how the government's tax and spending policies are used to reduce
the severity of business cycle fluctuations.
- 7. Inflation
- This program examines the economic and social costs of the inflationary spiral of the
early 1960s and questions whether the problem of inflation has been solved.
- 8. The Banking System
- The S&L crisis is reviewed with a discussion of deposit insurance and the
accountability of financial institutions. This program was revised in 1992.
- 9. The Federal Reserve
- The rising power of the Federal Reserve Board and the pros and cons of increasing
reliance on monetary policy are examined.
- 10. Stagflation
- Demand-pull and cost-push inflation: looking at the economic crises of the 1970's and
the economic expansion of the 1990's. Updated 2002.
- 11. Productivity
- The cause of America's great productivity slide is examined, along with possible
solutions.
- 12. Federal Deficits
- This program examines efforts to reduce the deficit, including the Gramm-Rudman Act and
a proposed constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets. Updated 2003.
- 13. Monetary Policy
- Three Federal Reserve Chairmen — Arthur Burns, Paul Volcker, and Alan Greenspan
— are examined. Updated 2002.
- 14. Stabilization Policy
- This program covers the debate between monetarists and Keynesians, supply-side
economics, and the 1985 Bonn Economic Summit.
- 15. The Firm
- This program looks at the economic factors behind Coke's secret formula change,
Studebaker's demise, and The Asbury Park Press.
- 16. Supply and Demand
- The California drought, the Arab oil embargo, and the designer jeans craze reveal the
forces of supply and demand.
- 17. Perfect Competition and Inelastic Demand
- This program presents the inside story of American farming's crises from the 1920s to
the present. Updated 2003.
- 18. Economic Efficiency
- Rent control in New York City explains the effect of wage and price controls in a free
market economy.
- 19. Monopoly
- The stories of Standard Oil, AT&T, and Microsoft demonstrate the power, importance,
and problems of monopolies. Updated 2002.
- 20. Oligopolies
- This look at the rise of oligopolies and the growth of government regulations includes a
debate of the effects of airline deregulation. Updated 2003.
- 21. Pollution
- The private and social costs of pollution and the international response to global
warming are explored. Updated 2002.
- 22. Labor and Management
- The effects of labor unions are discussed with examples from the ILGWU, the New York
Herald Tribune, and the UAW.
- 23. Profits and Interest
- This program explains how banks, big business, and little entrepreneurs act to maximize
profit.
- 24. Reducing Poverty
- The causes of income inequality and the role of social welfare policy are examined. Updated
2003.
- 25. Economic Growth
- The effects of natural resource depletion and the nature of the telecommunications
industry are explored.
- 26. Public Goods and Responsibilities
- The TVA and national health care demonstrate the role of government in our lives.
- 27. International Trade
- This program discusses the effects of international trade, tariffs, and quotas versus
free trade. Updated 2002.
- 28. Exchange Rates
- Governments try to control exchange rates, as seen in the Plaza Accord of 1985 and the
Louvre Accord of 1987. Updated 2003.
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