Free Online Lectures and Courses for Economics

35 Courses

• Current Economics

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    Economics of a Cupcake Factory

    Salman Khan 00:11:13
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    Cupcake Economics 2

    Salman Khan 00:11:37
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    Cupcake Economics 3

    Salman Khan 00:12:58
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    Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization

    Salman Khan 00:12:32
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    Inflation, Deflation & Capacity Utilization 2

    Salman Khan 00:11:49
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    Inflation & Deflation 3: Obama Stimulus Plan

    Salman Khan 00:13:20
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    Unemployment

    Salman Khan 00:12:53
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    CPI Index

    Salman Khan 00:15:29
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    Simple Analysis of Cost per Job Saved

    Salman Khan 00:03:10
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    Unemployment Rate Primer

    Salman Khan 00:09:38

• Development Economics: Macroeconomics

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• Development Economics: Microeconomic Issues and Policy Models

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• Dynamic Optimization & Economic Applications (Recursive Methods)

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• Dynamic Optimization Methods with Applications

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• Economics

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    Bryce Knorr: Agribusiness Economic Outlook for 2011

    00:35:43
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    Calum Turvey: Agribusiness Economic Outlook for 2011

    00:37:40
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    Will the Stimulus Actually Work?

    Steven Kyle 01:02:19
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    Economics Advice for President Obama

    01:34:36
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    Work with Middle East But Focus on Asia, says Francis Fukuyama

    01:20:03
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    Getting Connected: Social Science in the Age of Networks

    01:18:03
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    Hope or Despair? The Future of Low-Paid Work in Europe and the US

    01:27:31
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    A Meeting of the Minds

    01:33:11
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    2007 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference, Part 1 of 3

    00:56:13
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    2007 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference, Part 2 of 3

    00:48:48
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    2007 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference, Part 3 of 3

    Thomas Maloney 00:39:48
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    Conference on Chinese Capitalism

    00:59:28

• Economics of Education

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• Environmental Economics and Policy

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    Economics C3 - 1: What is Economics?

    Gordon Rausser 01:18:24
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    Economics C3 - 2: What is Economics & What is Policy?

    Gordon Rausser 01:13:21
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    Economics C3 - 3: Supply and Demand

    Gordon Rausser 01:11:00
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    Economics C3 - 4: Elasticity

    Gordon Rausser 01:17:31
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    Economics C3 - 5: Governmental Intervention

    Gordon Rausser 01:06:57
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    Economics C3 - 6: Markets and Welfare

    Gordon Rausser 01:11:56
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    Economics C3 - 7: Costs

    Gordon Rausser 01:15:49
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    Economics C3 - 8: Competitive Market

    Gordon Rausser 00:55:14
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    Economics C3 - 9: Monopoly

    Gordon Rausser 01:02:27
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    Economics C3 - 11: Externalities

    Gordon Rausser 01:18:39
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    Economics C3 - 12: Cumulative and Density

    Gordon Rausser 01:16:58
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    Economics C3 - 14: Revealed Preference Methods

    Gordon Rausser 01:18:35
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    Economics C3 - 15: Stated Preference Methods

    Gordon Rausser 01:18:16
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    Economics C3 - 17: Property Rights and Externalities

    Gordon Rausser 01:15:38
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    Economics C3 - 18: Benefit-Cost Analysis

    Gordon Rausser 01:17:17
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    Economics C3 - 19: Government Policies for Environmental Protection

    Gordon Rausser 01:15:15
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    Economics C3 - 20: Depletable Resources

    Gordon Rausser 01:19:32
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    Economics C3 - 21: Water and Water Pollution

    Gordon Rausser 01:20:28
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    Economics C3 - 22: Agriculture

    Gordon Rausser 00:37:57
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    Economics C3 - 23: Forests

    Gordon Rausser 01:18:41
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    Economics C3 - 24: Fisheries

    Gordon Rausser 01:19:09
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    Economics C3 - 25: Energy

    Gordon Rausser 01:18:17
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    Economics C3 - 26: Recyclable Resources

    Gordon Rausser 01:20:08
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    Economics C3 - 27: Toxic Substances

    Gordon Rausser 01:06:50

• Finance

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    Introduction to Interest

    Salman Khan 00:09:56
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    Interest Part 2

    Salman Khan 00:08:01
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    Introduction to Present Value

    Salman Khan 00:10:19
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    Present Value 2

    Salman Khan 00:10:11
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    Present Value 3

    Salman Khan 00:07:42
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    Present Value 4 (And Discounted Cash Flow)

    Salman Khan 00:10:02
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    Introduction to Balance Sheets

    Salman Khan 00:09:54
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    More on Balance Sheets and Equity

    Salman Khan 00:10:05
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    Home Equity Loans

    Salman Khan 00:08:36
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    Renting vs. Buying a Home

    Salman Khan 00:09:40
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    Renting vs. Buying a Home Part 2

    Salman Khan 00:09:09
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    Renting vs. Buying (Detailed Analysis)

    Salman Khan 00:15:17
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    What It Means to Buy a Company's Stock

    Salman Khan 00:14:05
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    Bonds vs. Stocks

    Salman Khan 00:09:21
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    Shorting Stock

    Salman Khan 00:09:32
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    Shorting Stock 2

    Salman Khan 00:08:43
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    Is Short Selling Bad

    Salman Khan 00:13:55
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    Chapter 7: Bankruptcy Liquidation

    Salman Khan 00:11:20
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    Chapter 11: Bankruptcy

    Salman Khan 00:14:05
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    Return on Capital

    Salman Khan 00:09:48
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    Introduction to the Yield Curve

    Salman Khan 00:09:56
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    Introduction to Compound Interest

    Salman Khan 00:10:11
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    Compound Interest and e (Part 2)

    Salman Khan 00:10:14
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    Compound Interest and e (Part 3)

    Salman Khan 00:10:04
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    Compound Interest and e (Part 4)

    Salman Khan 00:08:04
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    Bailout 1: Liquidity vs. Solvency

    Salman Khan 00:11:26
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    Bailout 2: Book Value

    Salman Khan 00:10:52
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    Bailout 3: Book Value vs. Market Value

    Salman Khan 00:10:32
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    Bailout 4: Mark-to-model vs. Mark-to-market

    Salman Khan 00:11:24
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    Bailout 5: Paying Off the Debt

    Salman Khan 00:10:51
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    Bailout 6: Getting an Equity Infusion

    Salman Khan 00:12:02
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    Bailout 7: Bank Goes Into Bankruptcy

    Salman Khan 00:10:25
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    Bailout 8: Systemic Risk

    Salman Khan 00:11:52
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    Bailout 9: Paulson's Plan

    Salman Khan 00:11:05
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    Bailout 10: Moral Hazard

    Salman Khan 00:12:07
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    Credit Default Swaps

    Salman Khan 00:03:20
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    Investment vs. Consumption 1

    Salman Khan 00:09:51
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    Investment vs. Consumption 2

    Salman Khan 00:10:13
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    Bailout 11: Why These CDOs Could Be Worth Nothing

    Salman Khan 00:10:44
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    Bailout 12: Lone Star Transaction

    Salman Khan 00:10:28
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    Bailout 13: Does the Bailout Have a Chance of Working?

    Salman Khan 00:10:59
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    Bailout 14: Possible Solution

    Salman Khan 00:12:22
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    Bailout 15: More On the Solution

    Salman Khan 00:10:09
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    Banking 1

    Salman Khan 00:11:49
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    Banking 2: A Bank's Income Statement

    Salman Khan 00:11:59
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    Banking 3: Fractional Reserve Banking

    Salman Khan 00:11:48
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    Personal Bankruptcy: Chapters 7 and 13

    Salman Khan 00:13:22
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    The Rule of 72 for Compound Interest

    Salman Khan 00:09:28
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    Annual Percentage Rate (APR) and Effective APR

    Salman Khan 00:07:30
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    Introduction to Bonds

    Salman Khan 00:09:01
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    Relationship Between Bond Prices and Interest Rates

    Salman Khan 00:13:33
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    Introduction to Mortgage Loans

    Salman Khan 00:18:27
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    Traditional IRAs

    Salman Khan 00:13:42
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    Roth IRAs

    Salman Khan 00:16:49
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    401(k)s

    Salman Khan 00:09:52
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    Payday Loans

    Salman Khan 00:10:26
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    Institutional Roles in Issuing and Processing Credit Cards

    Salman Khan 00:11:59
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    Ponzi Schemes

    Salman Khan 00:11:42

• Finance & Economics

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    Why Bank Equity Is Not Expensive

    00:56:40
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    Perspectives on Capital Liquidity in the Banking System

    01:27:05
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    The Real Cost of Water We Use: Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute

    01:05:31
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    There are No Shortcuts in Investing: Nobel Laureate William Sharpe

    01:35:15
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    What It Takes to Be a Remarkable Leader: John Doerr, Venture Capitalist

    00:54:55
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    Hermitage CEO Browder: Don't Invest in Russia Today

    00:43:52
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    Search Funds - State of the Market: Panel Discussion

    01:19:06
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    The Failure Mechanics of Dealer Banks: Prof. Darrell Duffie

    00:56:41
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    Wells Fargo CEO: "What I've Learned Since Business School"

    00:54:02
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    Taking a Positive Look at Failure

    00:37:43
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    Joint Venture Feeling Global Turmoil

    00:53:31
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    Market Behavior No Surprise

    01:05:25
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    Credit Crisis and Latin America

    00:55:05
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    Time to Solve Problems In New Ways

    00:53:08
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    Containing the Credit Crisis

    01:06:38
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    Sweeping Latin America Sales Market

    00:29:21
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    BBSA Conference Mellody Hobson

    01:00:10
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    Revocable Trusts

    00:59:31
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    A Microfinance Strategy: Mike Murray, MBA '81

    00:44:07
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    Arjay Miller CFO Award Winner Linda Huber, MBA '86

    00:48:54
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    Randy Livingston, MBA '79 Arjay Miller CFO Award Winner

    00:41:03
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    Richard Galanti, MBA '82 Arjay Miller CFO Award Winner

    00:48:48
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    The Federal Budget and an Innovative Economy

    00:07:56
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    Optimal Bank Capital

    00:40:04
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    Defining Financial Stability

    00:43:05
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    An Insider's Perspective on the Basel Reforms

    00:48:17