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Video links to accompany the Study Guide for the CLEP exams: Introduction to Microeconomics and Introduction to Macroeconomics. Updated July 12, 2004

On-Line Video On Demand
from the Annenberg/CPB series Economics U$A (Broadband Video on Demand) 
Introductory programs

1. Resources and Scarcity Wilderness preservation and WWII productivity show how society allocates and transforms resources. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
2. Markets and Prices Developer William J. Levitt's low-cost housing and Reggie Jackson's contract help explain the powerful forces of supply and demand. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
16. Supply and Demand The California drought, the Arab oil embargo, and the designer jeans craze reveal the forces of supply and demand. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

 

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On-Line Video On Demand
from the Annenberg/CPB series Economics U$A (Broadband Video on Demand) 
Microeconomics related

15. The Firm This program looks at the economic factors behind Coke's secret formula change, Studebaker's demise, and The Asbury Park Press. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
17. Perfect Competition and Inelastic Demand This program presents the inside story of American farming's crises from the 1920s to the present. Updated 2003. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
18. Economic Efficiency Rent control in New York City explains the effect of wage and price controls in a free market economy. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
19. Monopoly The stories of Standard Oil, AT&T, and Microsoft demonstrate the power, importance, and problems of monopolies. Updated 2002. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
20. Oligopolies This look at the rise of oligopolies and the growth of government regulations includes a debate of the effects of airline deregulation. Updated 2003. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
21. Pollution The private and social costs of pollution and the international response to global warming are explored. Updated 2002. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
22. Labor and Management The effects of labor unions are discussed with examples from the ILGWU, the New York Herald Tribune, and the UAW. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
23. Profits and Interest This program explains how banks, big business, and little entrepreneurs act to maximize profit. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
24. Reducing Poverty The causes of income inequality and the role of social welfare policy are examined. Updated 2003. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
25. Economic Growth The effects of natural resource depletion and the nature of the telecommunications industry are explored. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
26. Public Goods and Responsibilities The TVA and national health care demonstrate the role of government in our lives. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

 

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On-Line Video On Demand
from the Annenberg/CPB series Economics U$A (Broadband Video on Demand) 
Macroeconomics Related

3. U.S. Economic Growth This episode documents the GNP's greatest achievements and failures since its introduction in the 1930s. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
4. Booms and Busts America's roller-coaster economy is examined in light of the economic theories of Marx, Schumpeter, Keynes, and Say. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
5. John Maynard Keynes This program introduces Keynesian economic theory and analyzes the Depression. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
6. Fiscal Policy This program explores how the government's tax and spending policies are used to reduce the severity of business cycle fluctuations. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
7. Inflation This program examines the economic and social costs of the inflationary spiral of the early 1960s and questions whether the problem of inflation has been solved. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
8. The Banking System The S&L crisis is reviewed with a discussion of deposit insurance and the accountability of financial institutions. This program was revised in 1992. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
9. The Federal Reserve The rising power of the Federal Reserve Board and the pros and cons of increasing reliance on monetary policy are examined. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
10. Stagflation Demand-pull and cost-push inflation: looking at the economic crises of the 1970's and the economic expansion of the 1990's. Updated 2002. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
11. Productivity The cause of America's great productivity slide is examined, along with possible solutions. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
12. Federal Deficits This program examines efforts to reduce the deficit, including the Gramm-Rudman Act and a proposed constitutional amendment requiring balanced budgets. Updated 2003. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
13. Monetary Policy Three Federal Reserve Chairmen -- Arthur Burns, Paul Volcker, and Alan Greenspan -- are examined. Updated 2002. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
14. Stabilization Policy This program covers the debate between monetarists and Keynesians, supply-side economics, and the 1985 Bonn Economic Summit. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
27. International Trade This program discusses the effects of international trade, tariffs, and quotas versus free trade. Updated 2002. (Broadband Video on Demand) 
28. Exchange Rates Governments try to control exchange rates, as seen in the Plaza Accord of 1985 and the Louvre Accord of 1987. Updated 2003. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

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