Supply and Demand: Crash Course Economics #4

In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about one of the fundamental economic ideas, supply and demand. What is supply and demand? Well, you’ll have to watch the video to really understand it, but it’s kind of important for everything economically. Supply and demand sets prices, and indicates to manufacturers how much to produce. Also, it has a lot to do with strawberries.
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  • @user-kf8fj2mc7u
    @user-kf8fj2mc7u8 жыл бұрын

    *Main outtakes of this lesson* 1) _Market_ - any place where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods and services. a. An owner of a supermarket values the labor of the cashier more than money she pays him. 2) _Price signals_ - the information that markets generate to guide the distribution of the resources. a. Businesses, and in particular large corporations , are often villainized as _greedy, heartless institutions_, that take advantage of consumers, but if markets are transparent and buyers are free to choose, then businesses will have a hard time making advantage of people. 3) _Supply and demand_. a. When the price goes up - people buy less, when the price goes down - people buy more. b.When the price goes up - the farmer wants to produce more, when the price goes down - the farmer wants to produce less. c. When quantity supplied = quantity demanded, we get equilibrium price of product. 4) Four market behaviors a. Supply can decrease. b. Supply can increase. c. Demand can increase. d. Demand can decrease.

  • @ilovemelikeyouall

    @ilovemelikeyouall

    5 жыл бұрын

    dude you're so good at taking notes thanks!

  • @justafranz2420

    @justafranz2420

    5 жыл бұрын

    wish there was a bookmark for youtube

  • @alotan2acs

    @alotan2acs

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing thank you.

  • @That_Traveling_Teacher

    @That_Traveling_Teacher

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! He speaks way too quickly, it's hard to keep up.

  • @Zara-hu7bb

    @Zara-hu7bb

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much !

  • @lilsimsie
    @lilsimsie7 жыл бұрын

    gotta start with the basics to prepare for this macro exam tomorrow rip

  • @laurenconrad1799
    @laurenconrad17998 жыл бұрын

    I love the information these guys are giving me. I don't love their attempts at jokes.

  • @gera2480

    @gera2480

    6 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree. Besides the fact their jokes suck, anyone watching this video wants to get some knowledge, not jokes.

  • @TwentySeventhLetter

    @TwentySeventhLetter

    6 жыл бұрын

    While I agree that some of the jokes didn't quite meet the mark on either execution or design, I think that generally aiming toward a humorous, fun approach makes the learning process feel more natural than a typical droning lecture, and it's why many people adore these series so much. I believe getting it right is almost as important as getting the information right.

  • @aaina444

    @aaina444

    6 жыл бұрын

    its for kids so they won't get bored

  • @severerevenge8575

    @severerevenge8575

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rum Totally wrong. I would not watch economics videos without that fun. If they were not funny, then I will watch other youtube videos about economy, or I would not watch any economics videos. Also that way I won't get bored so I keep concentrating all the time, just unlike when I am in a university lecture. And if do not love fun, I don't think that this will make you stop watching their videos. So, they will get more veiws. And more veiwers will keep watching their videos and benefit.

  • @LadyCoyKoi

    @LadyCoyKoi

    5 жыл бұрын

    Forced jokes are always bad.

  • @TechTubeCentral
    @TechTubeCentral8 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure his high school students think it's badass that he co-hosts a CrashCourse Series.

  • @TheCondorjc

    @TheCondorjc

    7 жыл бұрын

    damn straight, I would too

  • @TechTubeCentral

    @TechTubeCentral

    7 жыл бұрын

    i've been verified since verification first came out. I'm just that cool.

  • @orange1903

    @orange1903

    6 жыл бұрын

    My teacher is on KZread!! WOOOH 😂😂

  • @lucius5787

    @lucius5787

    5 жыл бұрын

    and he is badaas because of the AC DC belt buckles

  • @clones9937

    @clones9937

    4 жыл бұрын

    TechTubeCentral yeah... We don’t think its badass.

  • @glidetheglobewithg8334
    @glidetheglobewithg83345 жыл бұрын

    I swear KZread is a major miracle !! This explained my whole 16 weeks lecture in just 10 mins.. 🙏❤pfft uni

  • @mariananyunja7296

    @mariananyunja7296

    5 жыл бұрын

    Facts.

  • @edmundfordjour526

    @edmundfordjour526

    4 жыл бұрын

    you are right

  • @Asrahn
    @Asrahn8 жыл бұрын

    Supply: Dick picks. Demand: Virtually none. Eternal failure of market.

  • @TheHenryFilms

    @TheHenryFilms

    8 жыл бұрын

    Asrahn Make it free, or give money to get it. Wait, that's prostitution, oh well.

  • @BuddhistZenDave

    @BuddhistZenDave

    8 жыл бұрын

    Asrahn putting this one in the comments hall of fame.

  • @moad1000

    @moad1000

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Asrahn Richard picked what?

  • @JakeTheHappyGuy

    @JakeTheHappyGuy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Omer Neu if a supply is near infinite, the equilibrium price will always be zero. No? Even if the demand is to its highest extreme. i.e. oxygen

  • @madisonthompson2719

    @madisonthompson2719

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jake H ever payed for air to fill up your tires

  • @glorvalmacglorvas171
    @glorvalmacglorvas1717 жыл бұрын

    This series is proving more educational than I first thought it would.

  • @plumeater1

    @plumeater1

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's more educational that what you're used to.

  • @glorvalmacglorvas171

    @glorvalmacglorvas171

    7 жыл бұрын

    I meant that in the way of I knew a lot about economics already but this is still teaching me stuff.

  • @plumeater1

    @plumeater1

    7 жыл бұрын

    I was high on caffeine in the middle of the night when I posted that.

  • @mr.markan657

    @mr.markan657

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to Cardiff

  • @augusttierney3199
    @augusttierney31998 жыл бұрын

    I really like this teaching strategy. It's great having someone explain the charts, and the real life examples provided by Adriene makes the show more interesting.

  • @caseyharrington4947
    @caseyharrington49478 жыл бұрын

    You covered in ten minutes just under what my school taught me in two terms. Now I just need to memorise the model answers for the externals xD

  • @kittenmoon8425

    @kittenmoon8425

    8 жыл бұрын

    I know right!?!? We spent most of the year being taught JUST THIS .__.

  • @mickeybreezy

    @mickeybreezy

    6 жыл бұрын

    This is a great example of the fact our school systems are in desperate need of reform.

  • @gabbyavery420
    @gabbyavery4208 жыл бұрын

    Ima need these to come out a little faster. My Econ teacher is already speeding through these chapters and I started school literally a week and a half ago!

  • @ChristsAthleticMusic

    @ChristsAthleticMusic

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gabby Avery same TT^TT

  • @brownater1997able

    @brownater1997able

    8 жыл бұрын

    must be ap lol I'm taking that now lol

  • @gabbyavery420

    @gabbyavery420

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Pretty good description of whats happening to my gpa rn XD lmao

  • @FutureLaugh

    @FutureLaugh

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gabby Avery its important that nobody in this country understands economics, that way we'll have more Bernie Sanders'

  • @MRACproductions100

    @MRACproductions100

    8 жыл бұрын

    +FutureLaugh Nice meme bro, except that free university could be easily achieved if the National Military Expenditure was reduced, and as a result you have a more specialized population, thus helping progression and productivity in the long run. An NHS might be more difficult to achieve, but hey what politician doesn't make promises that might be difficult to achieve? Also the sentence "that way we'll have more Bernie Sanders'" doesn't really make sense. Do you mean, "We'll have Bernie as our elected president"?

  • @xJediJuicex1
    @xJediJuicex18 жыл бұрын

    "Its a big day for you, its a big day!" LMMAOOO thanks for that

  • @speaktoithoratio
    @speaktoithoratio6 жыл бұрын

    The hosts in this video: "Yo whattup, kids! Check it out, capitalism is so lit! 🔥🔥🔥 Free markets be on fleek! 💯💯💯"

  • @s.danielaviersbachg.388

    @s.danielaviersbachg.388

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Terese Durand hahhaah totally agree

  • @caleb7884

    @caleb7884

    4 жыл бұрын

    i mean, they`re just trying to show people how the world operates when it comes to economics in an unbiased way . if your conclusion is that it`s "so lit 🔥🔥🔥" and "on fleek 💯💯💯" then you're the one supporting capitalism buddy

  • @s.danielaviersbachg.388

    @s.danielaviersbachg.388

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think he meant it sarcastically, I had the feeling the hosts showed themselves very biased towards capitalism and neoliberalism by saying "yeah, thats why neoliberalism is so great" and stuff like that, so I felt their minds were already made up. But yeah, thats what Corona does, we are all commenting a comment of 2 years ago.

  • @thatonerandomguy8444
    @thatonerandomguy84444 жыл бұрын

    *who is forced to watch this for homeschooling because of the covid-19?*

  • @luckybee5223

    @luckybee5223

    4 жыл бұрын

    me *quarantine sucks bro*

  • @korg47237
    @korg472378 жыл бұрын

    The funniest part of this episode was the cashier making $10/hr. Oh Crash Course, you're so hilarious with your fictional scenarios.

  • @UnashamedlyHentai

    @UnashamedlyHentai

    8 жыл бұрын

    Care What are you talking about? Plenty of places pay that for that position.

  • @ScarButta

    @ScarButta

    8 жыл бұрын

    The minimum wage where I live is $11. :3

  • @korg47237

    @korg47237

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Minimum wage in my state is $8.75, and good luck getting more than a 30 cent raise after working at that grocery/retail store a year.

  • @eventyraren

    @eventyraren

    8 жыл бұрын

    you know here in Sweden we don´t have law about Minimum wage but in a study it is between 1509,50 to 1810,46$ month. we do not have an hour pay here. also it is max 40H/week work here, i don´t know what the law is in USA

  • @TheDajamster

    @TheDajamster

    8 жыл бұрын

    $7.25 in Ohio & employers pay it Grudgingly.

  • @marcelloascani
    @marcelloascani7 жыл бұрын

    this series is amazing! thank you!!

  • @LilBsYearOldVans

    @LilBsYearOldVans

    7 жыл бұрын

    marcello ascani V E R I F I E D 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @MrRandomPianoPlayer
    @MrRandomPianoPlayer8 жыл бұрын

    Summed up two years of high school economics in ten minutes. I see a lot of people criticizing, "you haven't taken into account externalities" or "the problem with this is". This is Econ101, this is the base foundation. All the complications, unrealistic aspects and assumptions are deeply analysed in the latter stages of an economics degree. Don't expect to see it in the fourth installation of crash course economics lol.

  • @talk2crys84
    @talk2crys847 жыл бұрын

    As a non-traditional student, some of these concepts are hard to really grasp when you have a billion other things going on in your life. This video made this so clear and easy to understand. THANK YOU

  • @s2lech86
    @s2lech868 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this is a great series to read before I delve into my econ text book. I love the short and concise structure of the videos. I love how both of you take the concepts and "shorten/dumb-down" them so that when I crack open my text book, the concepts become more clearer to understand. I love the humor and energy you guys have. Way to go!

  • @christinetao192
    @christinetao1928 жыл бұрын

    I'm watching this for fun because this is so straight forward

  • @AnInocentBystander12

    @AnInocentBystander12

    7 жыл бұрын

    I watch "World History" for fun

  • @Thedude-uq5mf

    @Thedude-uq5mf

    7 жыл бұрын

    Christine Tao Soo true. CC rocks!

  • @mickeybreezy

    @mickeybreezy

    6 жыл бұрын

    Watching economics courses for fun? You sound like just my type. Wanna econ and chill?

  • @yayitsryan848

    @yayitsryan848

    6 жыл бұрын

    WORD

  • @Jonathan-pz6ws

    @Jonathan-pz6ws

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@mickeybreezy You no life's lol 😭

  • @JustinRiray
    @JustinRiray7 жыл бұрын

    "It's a big day for you. It's a big day!" I laughed. ACDC belt also.

  • @Mal4de
    @Mal4de7 жыл бұрын

    The waste of strawberry on the start made me uncomfortable.

  • @TheCondorjc

    @TheCondorjc

    7 жыл бұрын

    damn the Patriarchy

  • @rinnmb3640

    @rinnmb3640

    7 жыл бұрын

    omg i thought i was the only one :)

  • @LadyCoyKoi

    @LadyCoyKoi

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually it's... "DAMN CLASSISM! THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WOULD APPRECIATE THEM STRAWBERRIES!"

  • @lkrader1

    @lkrader1

    4 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @mike0rr
    @mike0rr8 жыл бұрын

    This was fantastic. Everything that was abstract but known in my head was tied together so quickly and perfectly. I really enjoyed this.

  • @sarahconnor13
    @sarahconnor13 Жыл бұрын

    I'm considering taking an Economics A-Level so this was really useful in teaching me the basics of the subject. Really helpful honestly, because although I knew what most of these ideas were beforehand, I didn't know that they were part of economics.

  • @LittleFugueFlute
    @LittleFugueFlute8 жыл бұрын

    I have no idea how long it took to get that strawberry catch-n-crunch right, but I tell you IT WAS WORTH IT.

  • @IONindustries627
    @IONindustries6278 жыл бұрын

    This 10 minute video taught me more about Supply and Demand then 3 months of High School Economics.

  • @glynnL
    @glynnL4 жыл бұрын

    Shifting the lines diagonally when they say “left” is visually confusing for a lot of people trying to understand this. It’s clearer if they are actually shifted left (or right) and then get rid of the parts of the lines that extend past the graph arms. I know it’s the same result, however, I found from tutoring this was a stumbling block for people. They’d be frustrated because it was an easy concept and they couldn’t get it until I showed them it is a left shift, not a leftish down, southwest along the supply curve shift.

  • @okayzimbabwe
    @okayzimbabwe5 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I am a substitute teacher at KIPP King Collegiate High School. My 5th period Economics class absolutely loved your video! They required and demanded that I leave a comment and want you to know that their minds have just been absolutely lit from this video. Their synapses are firing like you don't even know and even though they're second semester seniors, they are working so so hard and making me and their real teacher proud. Have a nice day!

  • @TheGStick
    @TheGStick7 жыл бұрын

    ACDC belt. What a stud.

  • @larnizzo91
    @larnizzo917 жыл бұрын

    I pay the most attention during the cartoons...

  • @tonyrichengod9280

    @tonyrichengod9280

    7 жыл бұрын

    These segments take a lot of work to animate. The more we donate on Patreon, the more artists they can hire to be able to include MORE animated segments into each episode. It's supply and demand! :D

  • @hornedlobster

    @hornedlobster

    7 жыл бұрын

    I like the thought bubbles

  • @repticman123
    @repticman1235 жыл бұрын

    I can't tell you how much I appreciate the content you guys put out. Thank you.

  • @nadahassan3050
    @nadahassan30507 жыл бұрын

    These videos are so so great and have literally saved me tons of money instead of taking econ courses that would've otherwise cost me a fortune.

  • @music556
    @music5567 жыл бұрын

    This series may prove very beneficial for my microeconomics course! I found this video particularly useful at the moment, as we're currently discussing supply & demand. Thanks, Crash Course!

  • @brunab1918
    @brunab19184 жыл бұрын

    I tried learning economics for years and it always bored me so much. Thanks for making it fun, easy and objective for us. The jokes made it very light to understand the complex topics. (Sorry about my English mistakes)

  • @HaiLeQuang
    @HaiLeQuang7 жыл бұрын

    The "after effect" part is hilarious. I love it

  • @Campers_Anonymous
    @Campers_Anonymous4 жыл бұрын

    dude! I forgot mark cuban taught econ--- love this guy!! speaks my language for sure. Best help on youtube by far

  • @AdamPhillips2103
    @AdamPhillips21034 жыл бұрын

    I've just started an Economics unit at Uni after not being at school for a bloody long time. This video - has helped me get started with a bit more sense. Thanks

  • @TheCondorjc
    @TheCondorjc7 жыл бұрын

    throwin' the whole tree at WholeFoods

  • @marianaalvarezquezada3065
    @marianaalvarezquezada30654 жыл бұрын

    Ive started to watch this course of economy 'cause really need to understand it and also 'cause its look like fun. thanks guys

  • @Ladyjdiva7
    @Ladyjdiva75 жыл бұрын

    This crash course gave me a broader prospective on economics. This is very helpful information! Thanks Crash Course!

  • @harrywilkin8581
    @harrywilkin85818 жыл бұрын

    I'm loving these videos, they tie in with my learning of as economics really well!

  • @kezchoedon8608
    @kezchoedon86088 жыл бұрын

    CrashCourse can you please do more of these as fas as you can! i am currently studying economics in australia and struggling abit im now up to competition and policy industry analysis ive learnt; revenue costs profits,perfect competition and monopoly and monopolistic competition and oligopoly! i love your videos you helped me out alot on your psychology playlist last year it was really fun!!

  • @jacob12345abcde
    @jacob12345abcde6 жыл бұрын

    These crash courses have taught me more than what my teacher has taught me this entire year. This is one of the best examples of why schools are just useless, and a waste of time. Thanks for these videos :D

  • @Darkendeep
    @Darkendeep7 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love this series. I've been afraid to study econ since highschool but these videos make it easy to understand and fun to learn. I love the hosts. I look foward to the rest of the series. c:

  • @lizalovely2865
    @lizalovely28658 жыл бұрын

    I just wanted to thank you so much, because of these videos I passed my college Macroeconomics mid term!!!! Thank you so much!!!!! I can't say it enough!

  • @Valendr0s
    @Valendr0s8 жыл бұрын

    "Businesses, and in particular large corporations, are often villanized as greedy, heartless institutions, that take advantage of consumers, but if markets are transparent and buyers are free to choose, then businesses will have a hard time taking advantage of people." Incomplete. Buyers must also be well informed. Perhaps even too well-informed. Meaning a seller might be completely transparent but buyers may not know many tons of CO2 to produce one widget is unhealthy or out of the ordinary. Buyers may not know the consequences of each choice - and it might be impossible for them to be expert enough in all the factors to make an educated decision. This is where government needs to step in and create standards that all competitors must meet or beat in the interest of public safety.

  • @wiggy009

    @wiggy009

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah and marketing is a billion dollar industry that focuses on making sure that we are not rational actors buying in our best interest

  • @dhruvmehndiratta6296

    @dhruvmehndiratta6296

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes. Not to mention, markets are NOT transparent, and buyers are obviously never totally free to choose

  • @JustScrapHD

    @JustScrapHD

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dhruvmehndiratta6296 the video is obviously simplified but in most cases its true, especialy because customers still have the option to do research about products that they buy and usually companys are required to meet certain criteria in order to sell in first world countries. if you buy cloth from inda, chances are kids made them.

  • @SamoScopom
    @SamoScopom8 жыл бұрын

    I like these two :)

  • @SamoScopom

    @SamoScopom

    8 жыл бұрын

    michael barton ♪ ...why you gotta be so mean? ♪ (Taylor Swift - Mean) ♪ ...why you gotta be so rude? ♪ (Magic! - Rude)

  • @truboo4268

    @truboo4268

    8 жыл бұрын

    TheYeIIowDucK How are they trying too hard? They're giving you free and more entertaining education. Would you rather watch them teach you Economics, or get a lecture from a boring teacher whose voice sounds like a dull vacuum cleaner and who looks like he's been alive since the first modern economist was?

  • @Edgewalker001

    @Edgewalker001

    8 жыл бұрын

    kazooga 1234 Supply and demand is kind of an universal rule though. Regardless of what your political leanings happen to be, people are willing to pay more for things that are uncommon, and less for things that are common.

  • @michaelbarton2549

    @michaelbarton2549

    8 жыл бұрын

    SamoScopom So clever, I don't like how they try to be funny.

  • @michaelbarton2549

    @michaelbarton2549

    8 жыл бұрын

    TheYeIIowDucK Exactly.

  • @kso35
    @kso354 жыл бұрын

    MY FAVORITE CRASH COURSE CONENT! THESE TWO ARE SO ENGAGING AND FUN TO WATCH!! LOVE THE EXPLANATIONS!!

  • @eve_______
    @eve_______4 жыл бұрын

    Man, supply and demand really become an end for me in economics at school. But i am willing to continue studying by myself and by help of this beautiful channel. That’s an opportunity choice for ya.

  • @chuninpeter
    @chuninpeter8 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I now know more economics than what i learnt in half a semester in college.

  • @blossomsrainn
    @blossomsrainn8 жыл бұрын

    Lol at that remark on whole food

  • @heleggg

    @heleggg

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Amethyst Mavis Chan ikr everyone just go bash whole foods

  • @magdelineadler4284
    @magdelineadler42848 жыл бұрын

    I am loving these videos, I love crash course. It helps to learn general ideas and basic facts and then get deep into the details in class.

  • @janatsy4435
    @janatsy44356 жыл бұрын

    I've been confused with the supply and demand curve for whole two months of studying it in our school. Thanks a lot to this now I can pass the exam in our economics 😭😭😭😭😍

  • @iaianthompson6404
    @iaianthompson64047 жыл бұрын

    I wish they taught ECON when I was in High School. That would have been great. As it stands, I'm glad to be learning it in College no - 18 years late.

  • @stevenswift403
    @stevenswift4035 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see Mark Cuban back at it

  • @zahidsayed4149
    @zahidsayed41494 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Adriene and Jacob...I was like literally entangled with demand/supply juggernauts.. My economics has changed from no way out to new way out.

  • @beng3551
    @beng3551 Жыл бұрын

    As opposed to the one that said they don’t love the jokes in this series, I absolutely love them and I think the way you two act helps to make these videos that much more enjoyable

  • @emmanuelwood8702
    @emmanuelwood870210 ай бұрын

    Markets dont “ make” things . Market are the means for exchange of things.

  • @naomitiyan7438
    @naomitiyan74384 жыл бұрын

    You guys really are the best i so understand this topic now just in 10 mins wow

  • @oO0E
    @oO0E8 жыл бұрын

    I haven't taken Econ 101 in ten years and this video made me feel smart again. Thanks Crash Course :)

  • @tonymagrogan
    @tonymagrogan Жыл бұрын

    Love the AC/DC belt buckle he’s wearing!

  • @HuxleyBerg
    @HuxleyBerg6 жыл бұрын

    Very cool

  • @Harpocrates89
    @Harpocrates8911 ай бұрын

    Yes "voluntary"

  • @turbidPumpkin
    @turbidPumpkin8 жыл бұрын

    So glad they're doing Econ! I've always wanted to learn about it! As a geology major though I wish they had one on geology!

  • @davinkitongs
    @davinkitongs4 жыл бұрын

    omg this helps so much! I'm in an online economics class, and it's a bit of a struggle for me. Thanks crash course!!!

  • @vidopoulos
    @vidopoulos8 жыл бұрын

    "VOLUNTARILY"!!! You choose to work.. VOLUNTARILY!!! TOP KEK!

  • @tsoiboy4073
    @tsoiboy40738 жыл бұрын

    I understand that this is Econ 101, but I'd have liked to have seen mention of where, other than so-called market failures (i.e. public services), demand and supply don't necessarily dictate price. Many consumer goods, for example, are priced in anticipation of a certain level of demand, no the supplier then seeks to provide that number of products. Mobile telephones don't rise or fall in price based on supply (other than in extreme, possibly longer-term supply changes), but on how companies have calculated expected profits.

  • @claudiugradea5626
    @claudiugradea56266 жыл бұрын

    Thank you guys!! Your work is so valuable in our current times.

  • @AlexKashie
    @AlexKashie5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing series, deep explanation of market... Thank you

  • @jerichomorcilla2790
    @jerichomorcilla27907 жыл бұрын

    mr. clifford nice to see you man nice to see you.

  • @kauancorte541
    @kauancorte5417 жыл бұрын

    7:15 it certainly is. Thanks to you two!

  • @joelarchbold483
    @joelarchbold4838 жыл бұрын

    Great video about one of the most basic laws of economics. Keep the good educational work.

  • @ChantalMonette
    @ChantalMonette8 жыл бұрын

    economics was a master class of disaster for me so I really want to thank you for teaching it in a way that actually makes sense... I really want to know how to live in the world, and this is super important. Just.. Thank you crash course.

  • @ashleye4098
    @ashleye40986 жыл бұрын

    Was that office seen with the fire the old icarly set? 😂

  • @Leftistattheparty
    @Leftistattheparty8 жыл бұрын

    When the talk about someone valuing working over not, we have to remember that in the value equation we should consider the debt the person has as well as social pressures to work for certain places, like having a job history or if the person's friends work there. Always remember that economics is about complexity.

  • @empress4lyphe
    @empress4lyphe7 жыл бұрын

    I am in love with this series!

  • @Arkains10
    @Arkains108 жыл бұрын

    "Teach a parrot the terms supply and demand and you've got an economist" - Thomas Carlyle This video was great. I honestly think that this series is a must watch for anybody who likes to argue economics online (looking at you /r/economics). I think some people might view this video as a bit right oriented, but price signals and the freedom to chose is very important in economics and is something that government should respect.

  • @GamerFollower
    @GamerFollower8 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, simply "don't shop there" is not always an option because of monopolies and oligopolies. More often than not, from what I have seen in the US, you tend to have little, even sometimes NO choice but to buy from a given company. Simply because they are the only ones to offer a service or product you need. Look at internet service providers for example, they are one of the biggest offenders.

  • @geniusmp2001

    @geniusmp2001

    8 жыл бұрын

    GamerFollower And that is why regulation is important. Free markets only work if they are maintained, and a lack of regulation can lead to a lack of the competition that drives successful free markets.

  • @armike234

    @armike234

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Matthew Prorok GM should have went bankrupt vecause people stopped purchasing there product... however there still in existence because the government got involved. the same goes for Goldman sach, aig, fanny mae, bofa, morgan stanly. thanks government for keeping those business in business eveb though the people chose to not shop tgere

  • @geniusmp2001

    @geniusmp2001

    8 жыл бұрын

    armike234 You have a valid criticism of certain government actions. I don't see how it's relevant to my point, though. That some things which have been done may be of questionable utility is not an argument for doing nothing.

  • @armike234

    @armike234

    8 жыл бұрын

    My point is free markets bankrupt corrupt and inneficie t companies however it is government that prevents it.. then has the audacity to regulate after the fact saying that the companies it bailed out were greedy.. my point is why regulate the companies let the. Fail and other companies with good strategies pick up the pieces

  • @geniusmp2001

    @geniusmp2001

    8 жыл бұрын

    armike234 Well, partly because free markets don't always do that. Sometimes, they elevate corrupt, inefficient, but ruthless and powerful companies to the status of a monopoly. And partly because the entire reason those companies that were bailed out became so central to the larger economy, and thus would have caused so much damage had they collapsed, is because much of the regulation that prevented them from getting that big had been stripped out over the previous few decades.

  • @neeneko
    @neeneko8 жыл бұрын

    Ah... toy systems that are only stable when there are no other influences. That tends to be the problem with this pre-game theory version of economics, it is really fragile and kinda depends on the idea power is evenly distributed and that there are no other methods for exerting influence. For instance, the example of oil prices. The main influence of the price is neither supply nor demand, but futures trading and speculation, a one off game played by 3rd parties.

  • @fy8798

    @fy8798

    8 жыл бұрын

    neeneko or Strawberries. In reality, mountains of strawberries are produced, much more than there is demand for. This oddly doesn't reduce the prices. it's almost as if supply and demand are not the only factors.

  • @neeneko

    @neeneko

    8 жыл бұрын

    Fen Y Yeah, agriculture is a good example of where these economic models break down pretty quickly. The basic supply/demand efficiency is kinda like referencing spherical cows with even distributions of milk.. good for quick models and introductory classes, but bad for modeling real systems. One of the ironies is that the market for economic models meets them pretty well. The primary consumer of economic models is not planners, but are pundits/armchairs/politicians. So the ones that dovetail with various philosophies tend to spread the most. For all its complexity, pop-economics reminds me of where physics was 300 years ago. For the most part, economics as it gets discussed in public has no economic incentive to be accurate or modern.

  • @BrownWeasle9045

    @BrownWeasle9045

    8 жыл бұрын

    The systems are there to be able to introduce and understand a concept rather than explain reality in this case. If you jumped into game theory right away, you could lose a lot of people. It would be like trying to explain multiplication before you explained addition to someone who knew what neither were.

  • @AntonTimofeev1988

    @AntonTimofeev1988

    8 жыл бұрын

    neeneko That systems are based on a suggestion that all the people are good and honest. But they are not.

  • @thibautnarme6402

    @thibautnarme6402

    8 жыл бұрын

    neeneko i don't think futures and speculation have a lot of impact on the price of gas, true you can see drastic changes on the day-to-day brent market, but in this end, isn't just noise for most of it? Arent't invesments/disinvesments and average/median price ranges rather than today's price? +Fen Y I believe than the overproduction (one that allow taking into order product degration between the time it is harvested and sold on the market, as well as extras for positive shift in demand) is already taken into account into the market price as part of the cost function. You should not discard toy systems just 'cause they don't tell the whole -complex- story, especially when they help to understand a lot already on a large type of industries. At the end of the day demand-supply plays a major role and give the baseline scenario equilibrium before going deeper, with power structures, anticipations, regulation, etc.

  • @gszaheer
    @gszaheer5 жыл бұрын

    Very nice crash course .. Thanks Adriene and Jacob...

  • @aminahebouche
    @aminahebouche Жыл бұрын

    Hi, I have been watching your videos since it was tagged in one of my uni lectures and it really supports my learning. I have a microeconomics exam in a few weeks and wondered which videos will be the most useful. I see a lot of videos are for macro which is next semester so want to make sure i'm nailing microeconomics first. Thanks

  • @Hebdomad7
    @Hebdomad75 жыл бұрын

    "voluntary" = "not starving to death" ... sounds legit.

  • @samdoherty9170

    @samdoherty9170

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah voluntary employment is bs

  • @ace5762

    @ace5762

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Bruno Pereira 'voluntary' is a tricky word. For many people the system and circumstances they are in mean they remain in labour that is unpleasant, unfairly compensated or otherwise disenfranchising. It is not the desire not to work, but the desire not to have to choose between two evils- homelessness and starvation, or a lifetime of unfulfillment and drudgery, where those two choices are the only ones on the table.

  • @Tesla_Death_Ray
    @Tesla_Death_Ray8 жыл бұрын

    This series presents a very idealized view of how markets work in the real world. Capitalism works under the assumption that everything (pretty much) can be reduced to a fair (no duress present) transaction between to parties with perfect free will, and this applies to every venue in life. There are many situations in which a party has such a ridiculous difference in power and information compared to the other that this premise does not apply at all. One example here is trading of work force. I think it is easy to agree that, in most situations (specially for unqualified work), the person that is seeking for a job when jobs are scarce can be considered to be under duress to accept any working conditions that an employer is in the mood to provide. Things like abolishing child labour and having an 8 hour work-day are not things that came about because of market laws, they came about because of non-market state intervention and worker's protests. Should there have not been any extra-market intervention, there is no evidence whatsoever to make the statement that these changes would've been made strictly following market laws and non-intervention. Secondly the consumer democracy argument rests on a couple of faulty assumptions. It only works if you assume everyone has the same amount of money and every actor is participating just as much as the other. This is obviously not the case since the more money one has the more they affect and pull the economy in their direction. For this reason markets lean in the direction of people with more wealth. Even a free market with perfect competition cannot yield the desired outcome since individuals with minority preference needs are excluded in what are called lumpy markets. What all this means is the rich and powerful are the ultimate winners. Furthermore, you have to assume an actor in a market system has near perfect knowledge. When i go and buy something i have almost zero knowledge of the factors involved in making that product. I might be able to check where it was made but not if sweatshops were used, if workers were exploited, on and on. Digging a little deeper further complicates things because most products are a combination of other products. Take a simple box fan. Its almost certain the producer went to a host of other companies to get the screws, wires etc. They probably went to another company for the parts in their production line. Not to mention the product needs to be shipped by airlines, boats, trucking companies. What factors are involved in all these companies? Even one product would require a massive research project that would have no end.

  • @khanyisameke1240
    @khanyisameke12404 жыл бұрын

    Iyhoo, it's still rough for me yet I really thank you for these videos. Well done and thanks again.

  • @unkknown89
    @unkknown898 жыл бұрын

    Please upload Economics Video more often or in quick time.I have a course of Economics this Semester. Videos are really helpful. Thanks for the videos so far

  • @Leolukpeu
    @Leolukpeu8 жыл бұрын

    4:30 what about intangible items, like a paid subscription or a video download? they don't have a limit on supplies

  • @JustInBasil

    @JustInBasil

    8 жыл бұрын

    Leo H They do, though. They have to have servers that can support the people using the service and people to maintain those servers. There must also be a supply of content in the subscription sufficient to keep subscribers subscribed.

  • @geniusmp2001

    @geniusmp2001

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lettershort Ah, but that's not a limit on the supply of the good in question, that's a limit on transportation and storage of the good. That's a real limit, but it brings into question a lot of familiar policies. For example, why do ISPs want to impose limits on how much data I can download in a given month? Sure, it's reasonable to limit the *speed* at which I can get that data, because the network can only handle so much at any one time. But the *amount* is irrelevant, because you can't run out of data. Realistically, since there's an unlimited supply of data, the only limit on how much I can download in a given time should be the (already limited) speed of my downloads multiplied by the time.

  • @Jackpkmn

    @Jackpkmn

    8 жыл бұрын

    Leo H That's why they are better modeled as services rather than goods.

  • @geniusmp2001

    @geniusmp2001

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Ideally, yes; if you only have a certain amount of data available for a month, you'll spread out your usage over the month, and keep overall network load down. But the problem is that ISPs are implementing both solutions; speeds are *already* limited, and data caps are being imposed on top. Used properly, a data cap could be a tool for network management. In practice, they're being used as a money grab.

  • @Sgman1991

    @Sgman1991

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Blame the ISP monopolies on the government that created them and allows them to continue. Regulation make it all but impossible to create a new ISP.

  • @RavenwolfFoxtrack
    @RavenwolfFoxtrack8 жыл бұрын

    anyone who does a lot of crafting and selling of items on the auction martets in most MMORPG's understand the supple and demand system pretty well. Over saturation can drive down prices, under cutting can do so too. the more rare and difficult an item is to make and time ot make it, with a high demand for it, causes a rise in prices. For example, in the game Fallen earth, there are high end weapons that can take several hours to maybe a couple of days to craft because of all the parts needed to make them first. Also, most of the parts need to be collected first to be able to craft said parts. I would make say 10 of these specific weapons and sell them at a price that was just under what others were selling, but not so far off that it would allow others to still be a choice. Sometimes the weapons would be all sold, sometimes a few but not all would sell. Another thing that is also considered is time and materials used. A car in the game took nearly a week to make because of all the parts needed to make first. Because of the time and material consumption, as well as skill levels needed to create the parts and whole, very few would be made by anyone, so a price could be set by the crafter that they felt was reasonable for their time and effort and would be reasonable to a buyer.

  • @seankingdon8346
    @seankingdon83464 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this was having a question on what data goes behind supply curves (I know that sounds kind of dumb) but this definitely clarified questions. Also nice AC/DC belt

  • @monikaagarwal9381
    @monikaagarwal93815 жыл бұрын

    You guys are amazing. Thanks a ton for creating course.😀

  • @julianroth326
    @julianroth3266 жыл бұрын

    "voluntary" XD

  • @nganluong1872
    @nganluong18725 жыл бұрын

    In the intro, Adriane always acts like a foolish student. Like 5 seconds later, she turns out to be the most professional teacher ever!!! It's kinda weird but I love it ^^

  • @GustavoSilva-ny8jc
    @GustavoSilva-ny8jc Жыл бұрын

    The burning scene with the scenario change was AMAZING

  • @Sir_BoazMutatayi
    @Sir_BoazMutatayi6 жыл бұрын

    Economics is great! I love it so far.

  • @Yash-fe1fp
    @Yash-fe1fp7 жыл бұрын

    you guys should have a video using only thought bubble. You guys would get wayyyyy more subs and likes

  • @ceciliaaaxiful
    @ceciliaaaxiful8 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate that this exists but I find that its much lower in quality than the other Crash Course series. I feel like more effort could be put into the initial filming and the scripting!

  • @KainYusanagi

    @KainYusanagi

    8 жыл бұрын

    Inorganic Vegan Well, one, the background being blindingly white actually is distracting. They both talk a bit too fast for their enunciation, making it a bit difficult to understand what they're saying at times.

  • @KameRaidar

    @KameRaidar

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Inorganic Vegan Adriene could also not act like a brainless airhead in the introduction

  • @Edgewalker001

    @Edgewalker001

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** They're economists though, believe me, compared to most other people that try to teach this stuff they are hilarious. =p

  • @Tjurenful

    @Tjurenful

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** I don't have any problem to understand them. They will probably Dig Deeper into economics after they have finished the absolute basics

  • @blownspeakersss

    @blownspeakersss

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** Neither of them are economists, lol. One is a reporter, the other is a high school economics teacher. (Not even close to an actual economist)

  • @meisongdiriamroi2435
    @meisongdiriamroi24354 жыл бұрын

    Love the way both of you illustrated

  • @purpledoorable
    @purpledoorable8 жыл бұрын

    I am a single mom in South Africa who works full-time, whilst studying towards my marketing degree part-time via correspondence. I have really been struggling through this macro-economics textbook after a full day's work. Most nights I've just fallen asleep at my desk on top of my notes :/ My exam is next week and to be honest I was really disheartened by my lack of progress - I was considering not writing. These videos are phenomenal. Thank you so very much!!!

  • @patriciaaddington4391
    @patriciaaddington43918 жыл бұрын

    "NO! Don't wear your ACDC belt buckle!" I see your wedding ring and i know you've hear this before.

  • @ravindrapratapsinghshekhaw4562
    @ravindrapratapsinghshekhaw45628 жыл бұрын

    This is such a good way of teaching Economics. I remember sleeping in my Economics Lectures. :P

  • @alphamale3085

    @alphamale3085

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ravindra Singh Shekhawat this was my econ lecture

  • @kinkosam2167
    @kinkosam21676 жыл бұрын

    Messed up on my supply chain class. This course helped me pass it! Now I am running my daddy's trucking company. Thank you

  • @MrDavid849
    @MrDavid8498 жыл бұрын

    You guys are rocking it. Love this.