Crash Course Economics

About this course

Understand how economies work with Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford of Crash Course: supply and demand, inflation, money and banking, trade, and the big debates behind the news. Who it's for: Class 11 and 12 and college economics students, exam aspirants building their basics, and anyone who wants to understand the economy. Most examples come from the US economy. These are the free, official videos of the Crash Course Economics playlist from the CrashCourse YouTube channel (youtube.com/@crashcourse). All videos belong to Crash Course; Sikhami is not affiliated with Crash Course and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• Scarcity, specialisation and trade, and economic systems • Supply and demand, elasticity, markets and price signals • Macroeconomics: GDP, productivity and growth, inflation, recession and stagflation • Fiscal policy, deficits and debt, monetary policy and central banks • Money and finance, and how the 2008 financial crisis happened • Imports, exports, exchange rates, globalisation and inequality • Market failures, monopolies, game theory and behavioural economics • Labour markets, taxes, healthcare, education and the economics of happiness

Course content

1 section · 36 lectures · 6h 11m

1. 1. Economics

   • Crash Course Economics Intro!1m
   • Intro to Economics: Crash Course Econ #112m
   • Specialization and Trade: Crash Course Economics #29m
   • Economic Systems and Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #310m
   • Supply and Demand: Crash Course Economics #410m
   • Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #513m
   • Productivity and Growth: Crash Course Economics #68m
   • Inflation and Bubbles and Tulips: Crash Course Economics #710m
   • Fiscal Policy and Stimulus: Crash Course Economics #811m
   • Deficits & Debts: Crash Course Economics #97m
   • What's all the Yellen About? Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Crash Course Economics #109m
   • Money and Finance: Crash Course Economics #1110m
   • How it Happened - The 2008 Financial Crisis: Crash Course Economics #1211m
   • Recession, Hyperinflation, and Stagflation: Crash Course Economics #139m
   • Economic Schools of Thought: Crash Course Economics #1410m
   • Imports, Exports, and Exchange Rates: Crash Course Economics #1510m
   • Globalization and Trade and Poverty: Crash Course Economics #169m
   • Income and Wealth Inequality: Crash Course Economics #1710m
   • Marginal Analysis, Roller Coasters, Elasticity, and Van Gogh: Crash Course Economics #1811m
   • Markets, Efficiency, and Price Signals: Crash Course Economics #1911m
   • Price Controls, Subsidies, and the Risks of Good Intentions: Crash Course Economics #2010m
   • Market Failures, Taxes, and Subsidies: Crash Course Economics #2112m
   • Environmental Econ: Crash Course Economics #228m
   • Economics of Education: Crash Course Economics #2310m
   • Revenue, Profits, and Price: Crash Course Economics #2411m
   • Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Markets: Crash Course Economics #2510m
   • Game Theory and Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics #269m
   • Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Economics #2710m
   • Labor Markets and Minimum Wage: Crash Course Economics #2810m
   • The Economics of Healthcare: Crash Course Economics #2910m
   • The Economics of Death: Crash Course Economics #3012m
   • Taxes: Crash Course Economics #3112m
   • The Underground Economy: Crash Course Economics #329m
   • The Economics of Immigration: Crash Course Economics #3311m
   • Foreign Aid and Remittance: Crash Course Economics #3411m
   • The Economics of Happiness: Crash Course Economics #3510m