Hello, I'm looking to find a good video on monetary econ, that would be good for showing to a class of college students. I've never been that good at finding things like this, and thought Stacker News would be a great community to ask. The tone should be relatively neutral/professional, but some playfulness isn't a problem, I just don't want anything full-on black-pilled. As to the length, that's flexible, but something in the 20-40 minute range would be good.
Ideally, it would cover questions like "what is money?", the history of money, discussion of the gold standard, maybe free-banking, what happened in 1971 and the modern currency system, and finally, bitcoin. The last part of about Bitcoin is highly preferred, but optional.
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Try Milton Friedman and Niall Ferguson
I will try to find the video and share
update:
view on www.youtube.comview on youtu.beview on www.youtube.comview on www.youtube.comI also found this 10 minute video. I haven't watched it yet so I don't have an opinion but I like the title
view on www.youtube.comAh, I forgot that I haven't paid out this bounty yet. This was my favorite one so would you like payment by SN zap or by lightning?
Thanks! I'm glad I could assist. Teaching about money and economics to college students is important.
sloth87@coinos.io
This video is really quite good! Surprising it came from PBS
Oof, the last part about Bitcoin is not as great. But that's fine, I can easily correct the record in class! Plus, since this video is only 10 minutes long, I'll probably follow up with another one which is more critical of the modern system. But as an introduction to the history of money, this one is really good.
Thanks, i'll have to take a look at all these more closely
I feel like this hits all the points you want, including not mentioning bitcoin until the end "solution" part.
view on www.youtube.comIntroduce my students to Lyn Alden? Love it
I don't have anything in mind that hits all those points, but I found a pretty good talk from Bob Murphy that's based on his book that covers all of those points.
view on youtu.beWill take a look. I really like these Mises Institute lectures. I use one by Joe Salerno on the calculation problem in class as well.
It's probably a bit too geared towards an Austrian audience, rather than an undergrad. Not that any of it is unapproachably presented. It just might not all be of general interest.
Saifedean Ammous “principles of economics.” Obviously the Bitcoin standard is a can’t miss https://youtu.be/uTdBc_bGn1k?si=8QilwmXmexpoIHG-
Haha I can't teach Saif in this class since Saif basically shits all over the entire methodology that we're teaching :)
Ha I wonder why. Present the other side for learning purposes. lol
I actually use a lot of Austrian stuff in my teaching. But I don't agree with them when they say that mathematical modeling and econometric analysis are useless... and that's what I'm mostly teaching :)
Ah makes sense
Haha, I like it. But too blackpilled for my mainstream normie classroom ;)
yeah, we can't afford the truth ;)
The Marginal Revolution folk might work, there is a serie here with Alex Tabarokk
view on youtu.beMight be too short, and too low level, for what you're after
Hope it helps. It's short but definitely worth watching, check it out.
https://youtu.be/btZ43QLlj40?si=Zt3fHTynZXqE_5H0 https://youtu.be/RGQCzVgmZrs?si=glXpaP-GD7NadnaG