ACDC Leadership
Micro Unit 6 Summary- Market Failures and the Role of the Government
This video introduces the topic of market failures and the role of government in addressing them. They cover concepts such as public goods, externalities, antitrust laws, and income distribution. The teacher emphasizes the importance of...
Curated Video
How John D. Rockefeller Salvaged His Image
The wealth and influence of 'robber barons' like John D. Rockefeller was resented by ordinary Americans. To counter that, the tycoon embarked on an extraordinary campaign of philanthropy, to redeem his public image. From the Series:...
Curated Video
What I learned from taking a train across the US
Here’s how US train travel went from excellent to mediocre. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you’ve taken the Amtrak recently, you might have no idea that the United States used...
Curated Video
Slovenia, Predjama castle
The castle became known as the seat of the knight Erazem Lueger, lord of the castle in the 15th century and a renowned robber baron. He was the son of the Imperial Governor of Trieste, Nikolaj Lueger. According to legend, Erazem came...
Mediacorp
Hydrogen-Powered Cars in Japan
Hydrogen-powered cars are already available for sale in Japan. But there are only 120 hydrogen fueling stations in the country at the moment and the cars are very expensive. In this video, find out if there other green...
Curated Video
The Gilded Age: When America Became a Superpower
Learn about the Gilded Age, a period of immense social and industrial change in US history.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Lewis Lapham: Can America Survive the Rule of a “Stupified Plutocracy”?
When author and journalist Lewis Lapham, founder of Lapham’s Quarterly and former editor of Harper’s, turned his shrewd gaze on the go-go ‘80s in “Money and Class in America,” he never imagined the era’s avatar of greed would one day...
Weird History
Unbelieveable Gilded Age Excesses
Rich families of the Gilded Age lived lives nearly unimaginable today. The Gilded Age wealth disparity was so extreme that people today often compare them to what modern society terms the "one-percent" class.
Bill of Rights Institute
The Gilded Age, Robber Barons and the Rise of Big Business
Survival of the fittest! Scholars investigate an AP review video to discover the era of big business during the Gilded Age. Viewers examine the place of Robber Barons in society and its impact on the workforce in America. This is the...
Crash Course
The Industrial Economy
Delve into the nitty-gritty of American industrialization in the decades after the Civil War, a period which saw the introduction of a national currency, dramatic population and economic growth, and the birth of the first modern...
Curated OER
20th Century Capitalism and Regulation in the United States
The speaker in this lecture takes the viewer on a journey through the world of modern finance, from the era of Rockefeller and Vanderbilt to the 2008 financial crisis. Exploring the presence of the American government in the economy,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Industrial Economy
In this Crash Course video with John Green, we learn about the economy of the Industrial Age and the rise of big business, as well as how these changes affected government policy. [12:31]
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