“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite – only a sense of existence. My breath is sweet to me. Oh how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment”.
Henry David Thoreau
Recommended Viewing for students of economics - updated November 16, 2022 8:22AM
Students: The following links represent Speeches, lectures, interviews and television programs designed to enhance your learning experience.
The Economics of "free" college
The Curse of Alexander Hamilton, May 2012, Foundation for Economic Education
2003 Debate with Marxist professor Charles Rock at Rollins College
John F. Kennedy tax cut speech 1962
Ronald Reagan tax cut speech 1985
Is Sweden a Socialist country?
Calculating the price elasticity of demand
Changes in Supply and Demand
Where Prices come from - lecture by Jack Chambless
Productivity and Cost Analysis
Labor Economics
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Aggregate Demand & Supply Analysis
Introduction to Macroeconomics - Ch.10
The Commanding Heights
Hayek vs. Keynes part I
Hayek v. Keynes part II
John Stossel speech at Valencia College
A Conversation between to "Liberals"
Short speech on the proper role of government in a free society
How to teach children about trade, markets and capitalism
This short lecture will help you understand the concept of Production functions and the Law of Diminishing Returns
To close out chapter one we look at U.S. oil policy in Iran and how it has created outcomes that few saw coming.
This lecture addresses what happens when two parties engage in a transaction where a third party is harmed
Some people are paid a little but feel they are paid a lot. Others are paid a lot but feel like they are paid little. This section of chapter 12 explains why...
"I, Smartphone" - Chapters 2 & 3
The Economics of Social Welfare spending -- Chapter 4