Business, Startups & Economics
Labor, work & inequality
Labor, work & inequality sits within Business, Startups & Economics. Compare explanations of incentives, organizational choices, and the consequences of economic decisions. This selection contains 92 catalog videos from 66 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.
Recurring catalog topics include inequality, economics, john oliver, economic inequality, wealth inequality and milton friedman. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include comedy, commentary, course, documentary, explainer, interview, lecture, news, other, podcast and talk. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.
“The Insane Battle To Sabotage a New Apartment Building Explains San Francisco's Housing Crisis”, listed under ReasonTV, is cataloged as documentary. ReasonTV tells the story of Bob Tillman, who spent nearly five years and $1.4 million trying to convert his San Francisco laundromat into apartments. It walks through the permitting, appeals and neighborhood…
“What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Us”, listed under CGP Grey, is cataloged as explainer. CGP Grey's video "Humans Need Not Apply" argues that automation will make a large part of the workforce economically obsolete, much as engines did for horses. It surveys robots and software replacing…
92 videos
Lecture
The Coming Collapse of the Middle Class with Elizabeth WarrenUniversity of California Television (UCTV)
Documentary
I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308SmarterEveryDay
Interview
Interview with Larry Summers, Former Secretary of the Treasury | The Problem with Jon StewartThe Problem With Jon Stewart
Lecture
Have the Boomers Pinched Their Children’s Futures? - with Lord David WillettsThe Royal Institution
Documentary
Does Vienna Have the World's Best Council Housing? Swimming Pools, Private TV Channels & MoreChannel 4 Documentaries
Talk
What prevents the poor from reaching the middle class? | VISION TALKSAmerican Enterprise Institute
Explainer
How The Dutch Economy Shows We Can't Reduce Wealth Inequality With Taxes | Economics ExplainedEconomics Explained
Commentary
Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT OpinionNew York Times Opinion
Lecture
On Bullsh*t Jobs | David Graeber | Meaningless Jobs | Royal Society of Arts | LectureRoyal Society of Arts
