Macroeconomics & Financial Crises Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

explainer#3130

SOUTH KOREA IS OVER

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

“This is a nice explanation from Kurzgesagt showing precisely why South Korea is completely screwed long term”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#3147

Noam Chomsky: "Free Markets?"

Santarchy

“I highly recommend watching this talk by Noam Chomsky titled”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

documentary#3171

Are NEW Chinese buildings really FALLING DOWN?

ADVChina

“This video from last year was pretty eye opening to me.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

commentary#3326

Why Are Birthrates Plummeting Worldwide?

Patrick Boyle

“He makes the argument that declining birthrates are due more to a fall in coupling than a fall in people in relationships choosing to have kids.”

2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#3336

Peter Schiff Mortgage Bankers Speech Nov/13/06

Peter Schiff

“The best whistle blowing before the bubble popped had to be Peter Schiff”

2 HN recommenders · 2009–2013

documentary#3349

Final Warning Limits to Growth

biopilz

“You can watch this video to have an idea of their work”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

comedy#3368

Bird and Fortune - Subprime Crisis

kerviel88888

“at least comedians seemed to understand the crisis several months before Lehman crashed”

2 HN recommenders · 2008–2018

explainer#3478

Demographic Collapse — China's Reckoning (Part 1)

PolyMatter

“A starter on this is the three part polymatter series.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021

comedy#3508

David Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last Leg

Political News

“I think David Mitchell has the best take on tax avoidance vs evasion .”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

talk#3552

Robert Kennedy on GDP

Wimble Don

“GDP includes money spent on addictive and harmful drugs, polluting industries, and many other ventures that are actively harmful.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

explainer#3636

How Suburban Development Makes American Cities Poorer [ST02]

Not Just Bikes

“Not Just Bikes is a great channel on urban development”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

talk#3642

Peter Thiel and George Gilder debate on "The Prospects for Technology and Economic Growth"

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

“if you have an extra hour, its well worth it to listen to Thiel in this more recent debate”

1 HN recommenders · 2012

explainer#3701

This Ponzi Scheme Might END Suburban Prosperity

Strong Towns

“Everyone that wants to know more about this owes it to themselves to watch this strong towns video”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

other#3788

Margin Call Best Quote by Will Emerson

chrislaucn

“I had to search for this excellent clip from Margin Call, which explains this better than I could”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

interview#3898

China vs EU on debt conditions

Geshan Dissanayake

“Here's a great clip of Varoufakis discussing the port of Piraeus”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

documentary#3927

GHOST CITY - Inside the Chinese Housing Bubble

ADVChina

“Here's some helpful audiovisual material”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

talk#3953

How to rob a bank (from the inside, that is) | William Black

TED

“The far more significant cause of the Great Recession was outright fraud.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2023

talk#4006

Cryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Control

aantonop

“Andreas Antonopoulos is a good person to listen to on this topic.”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

talk#4055

Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea | Mark Blyth | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“There is some interesting (and somewhat relevant) commentary on historical thought about paying for government in Mark Blyth's talk at google”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2018

other#4112

The Big Short (2015) - FrontPoint Partners' investigation in Florida & first trade [HD 1080p]

Extractor

“They are not confessing; they are bragging.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

documentary#4145

I.O.U.S.A.: Byte-Sized - The 30 Minute Version

IOUSAtheMovie

“Here is a bite sized 30 min version of a movie called IOUSA that outlines the major problems that are ahead”

1 HN recommenders · 2009–2016

documentary#4252

There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future)

incubatepictures

“see this video on the perils of peak-oil.”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2026

talk#4365

Nick Hanauer on inequality

WatchExtraVideo

“You really need to watch”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2020

explainer#4373

The True Cost of the Royal Family Explained

CGP Grey

“CGP Grey did a video explaining the true cost of the monarchy.”

1 HN recommenders · 2013–2022

other#4565

Marxism: Zizek/Peterson: Official Video

Jordan B Peterson

“You can exercise your critical thinking by listening to these two gentlemen.”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2021

talk#4635

Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick Hanauer

TED

“Nick Hanauer understood this fourteen years ago.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2026