Friday 21 December 2012

A Video on The Minimum Wage

Building up a strong argument is essential for getting good grades. When evaluating the minimum wage, its not good enough just to write that it creates unemployment. What are the other effects?

Here is a video describing the effects of a minimum wage. Sure it is slightly biased (free marketeers), but that's why their argument against it is really good.

Notes on the labour market, trade unions and the minimum wage can be found here!

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Deck the Halls with Macro Follies

Here's something to get you all into the Christmas spirit, economics style!

This is a video summing up the different economic schools of thought from Keynes, Malthus (less relevant), J. B Say (from Say's Law) and Hayek in playful song.

Its surprisingly enjoyable to listen to and is also a nice quick and dirty memory refresher for the key economics viewpoints. Here you go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uKnd6IEiO0

About a year ago I posted up other playful videos from Econstories on Boom and Bust and Fight of the Century.