Economics Explained

The war on drugs was declared in 1971 by president Richard Nixon in a press conference that went on to outline a plan to fight the trade of controlled substances across the world. Drugs were declared ...

12 Nov 202017min

Tesla is today the most valuable automaker in the world by market capitalization beating out industry giants like General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen group, and even Toyota.  It has achieved this impress...

8 Nov 202017min

This is Kazakhstan, and yes I know what you are all thinking, and yes in the interest of full disclosure we are definitely cashing in on the hype surrounding the second Borat, but in fairness so is th...

5 Nov 202018min

The US presidential election will be held in 2 days from when this video is published. The process of electing who will go on to be the most powerful man in the world always makes for big news but per...

1 Nov 202022min

In this episode of Economics Explained, we will explore the following questions: What has been behind the boom in the value of Pokemon cards?  Could this be a genuine investment vehicle?  Or is thi...

29 Okt 202013min

In and amongst all of the happenings in the world this year these awards have kind of flown under the radar which is unfortunate because they all recognized some very remarkable works. And in the fiel...

25 Okt 202022min

If you were to ask any random person on the street what it is that they knew about economics there is a pretty good chance that the first thing that they would blurt out would be the words “Supply & D...

22 Okt 202018min

The long-suffering generation of millennials are now set to be significantly poorer than both baby boomers and Gen X'ers.  Having entered the workforce during the fallout of the 2008 mortgage crisis a...

21 Okt 202017min