Crash Course: Chapter 9 - A Brief History of U.S. Money by Chris Martenson
Chapter 9 (A Brief History of US Money): Beginning with the panic of 1913, this chapter touches on important events in the history of US money, such as the creation of the Federal reserve, FDRs...
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 11 - How Much is a Trillion?
Chapter 11 (How Much Is A Trillion?): Recently, we have gotten used to hearing the word "trillion." From trillions of dollars of government debt to trillion dollar bailout packages, we are spending...
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Chapter 12 (Debt): Dr. Martenson explains how, since debt is a claim on future money, it is therefore a claim on future human labor. (12:33)
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 13 - A National Failure to Save (2 of 2)
Chapter 13 (A National Failure To Save - Part 2 of 2): "The next twenty years are going to be completely unlike the last twenty years." -- Dr. Martenson. (4:35)
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 14 - Assets & Demographics
Chapter 14 (Assets & Demographics): Having examined our nations current, never-before-seen level of debt, as well as our failure to save, we now move on to look at our assets. Key Concept 8 is...
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 15 - Bubbles
Chapter 15 (Bubbles): Throughout the long sweep of history, the bursting of asset bubbles has nearly always been traumatic. Social, political and economic upheavals have a bad habit of following asset...
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 16 - Fuzzy Numbers
Chapter 16 (Fuzzy Numbers): Dr. Martenson explores how inflation and GDP are measured, how their measurement has changed over years, and what that means concerning the integrity of these government...
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 17a - Peak Oil (2 of 2)
Chapter 17a - Peak Oil (2 of 2): Energy is the lifeblood of any economy and a steady supply of energy is necessary to maintain the status quo, while an ever-increasing supply is needed to grow an...
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 17b - Energy Budgeting
Chapter 17b - Energy Budgeting: Petroleum has supplied the surplus energy that has allowed for social complexity, industrialization, and the modern conveniences that we enjoy. In this chapter, Dr....
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 18 - Environmental Data
Chapter 18 - Environmental Data: The entire human population reached three billion in 1960, and today more than twice that number of people live on earth with rapid growth expected to continue in the...
View ArticleCrash Course: Chapter 19 - Future Shock
Chapter 19 (Future Shock): Debt, money creation, population, and energy production have all experienced unsustainable exponential growth in recent years. This fact, when paired with the housing bubble,...
View ArticleWind Power: The World's Fastest Growing Energy Source
This 2:14 video the world's fastest growing energy source, according to this video. The video stresses the benefits of wind power.
View ArticleLocal Sources for Sustainable Energy
An emerging economic challenge for greater Minnesota involves developing renewable energy sources for local consumption. To lay the groundwork for the next generation, the West Central Rural Outreach...
View ArticleRob Hopkins: Transition to a World Without Oil
Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem -- the Transition Response, where we prepare ourselves for life without...
View ArticleHumans and Energy: Crash Course World History 207
In which Stan Muller subs for John Green and teaches you about energy and humanity. Today we discuss the ideas put forth by Alfred Crosby in his book, Children of the Sun. Historically, almost all of...
View ArticleThe Energy Challenge - The Energy Solution
Nobel laureate Rick Smalley explains how solving the energy crisis makes it possible to address many other pressing problems we face in the coming decades. This interview with Turk Pipkin was filmed...
View ArticleThermodynamics - Czech Academy of Sciences - The University of Memphis
Be a Scientist - Discover! Czech Academy of Sciences and The University of Memphis have entered a Research Collaboration Agreement to help leverage the research of faculty and students from the U.S....
View ArticleHow Close Are We to Zero-Emissions Electricity?
We know that tackling climate change will take quick and drastic action. Could modernizing our power grid be the key? (10.30)
View ArticleRenewable Energy 101 | National Geographic
There are many benefits to using renewable energy resources, but what is it exactly? From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world—and...
View ArticleWind Power: The World's Fastest Growing Energy Source
This video the world's fastest growing energy source, according to this video. The video stresses the benefits of wind power. (02:13)
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