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School House Rock: Three Ring Government- It's Our Political Circus!!
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Foreign Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #50
2,149 views / 1 likes - addedToday Craig finishes up our series on U.S. Government and Politics by talking about both the least and most important aspect of government: foreign policy. Foreign policy is important because it has the potential to affect the largest number of people, bu
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Social Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #49
1,963 views / 2 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about social policy - in the United States this means achieving one of three goals: protecting Americans from risk, promoting equal opportunity, or assisting the poor. Many Americans strongly believe in individualism, that is
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Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3
1,684 views / 2 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the US Governments Separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. In theory, the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Brach are designed to keep each other in check, and to keep a
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Public Opinion: Crash Course Government And Politics #33
1,190 views / 0 likes - addedSo today, Craig is finally going to start talking about politics. Now up until this point we've specifically been looking at government - that is answering the questions of who, what, and how in relation to policies. But politics is different in that it l
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Judicial Review: Crash Course Government And Politics #21
1,185 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig Benzine is going to tell you about the Supreme Court's most important case, Marbury v. Madison, and how the court granted itself the power of judicial review. Judicial review is the power to examine and invalidate actions of the legislative a
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Legal System Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #18
1,138 views / 1 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine takes a first look at the judicial branch. It's pretty easy to forget that the courts, and the laws that come out of them, affect our lives on a daily basis. But how exactly these decisions are made and where each law's jurisdictio
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How is power divided in the United States government? - Belinda Stutzman
1,113 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-is-power-divided-in-the-united-states-government-belinda-stutzman Article II of the United States Constitution allows for three separate branches of government (legislative, executive, and judicial), along w
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Structure Of The Court System: Crash Course Government And Politics #19
979 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine is going to talk about the structure of the U.S. court system and how exactly it manages to keep things moving smoothly. We’’ll talk about trial courts, district courts, appeals courts, circuit courts, state supreme courts, and of
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Monsanto: The Company that Owns the World’s Food Supply
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Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #15
948 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine discuses bureaucracies. Bureaucracies tend to be associated with unintelligible rules and time-wasting procedures, but they play an important, though controversial, role in governing. From the FDA to the EPA, these agencies were es
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Circuit Analysis: Crash Course Physics #30
925 views / 0 likes - addedHow does Stranger Things fit in with Physics and, more specifically, circuit analysis? I'm glad you asked! In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini walks us through the differences between series and parallel circuits and how that makes Christmas li
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How Presidents Govern: Crash Course Government And Politics #14
880 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine talks about how the president gets things done. Filling the role of the executive branch is a pretty big job - much too big for just one person. It's so big that the president employees an entire federal bureaucracy! Today, we’re j
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Political Ideology: Crash Course Government And Politics #35
878 views / 1 likes - addedSo today Craig is going to look at political ideology in America. We're going to focus on liberals and conservatives and talk about the influencers of both of these viewpoints. Now, it's important to remember that political ideologies don't always perfect
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Market Economy: Crash Course Government And Politics #46
861 views / 1 likes - addedToday, we’re going to take a look at how the government plays a role in the economy. Specifically, the way the government creates and maintains our market economic system. Now sure, the government’s role in the economy can be controversial, some may even
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Monetary And Fiscal Policy: Crash Course Government And Politics #48
809 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to dive into the controversy of monetary and fiscal policy. Monetary and fiscal policy are ways the government, and most notably the Federal Reserve, influences the economy - for better or for worse. So we’re going to start by lookin
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SchoolHouse Rock Three Ring Government
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Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics
799 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine introduces a brand new Crash Course about U.S. Government and Politics! This course will provide you with an overview of how the government of the United States is supposed to function, and we'll get into how it actually does functi
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Constitutional Compromises: Crash Course Government and Politics #5
786 views / 1 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the compromises met in ratifying the U.S. Constitution. The United State’s didn’t always have its current system of government. Actually, this is it’s second attempt. Craig will delve into the failures (and few suc
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How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government and Politics #9
785 views / 1 likes - addedOh my, Craig has his work cut out for him this week. The process of how a bill becomes a law can be pretty complex, fraught with potential bill-death at every corner. As if just getting through committee isn’t difficult enough, bills have to navigate a se
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Freedom Of The Press: Crash Course Government And Politics #26
785 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to finish up our discussion of the First Amendment with freedom of the press. Like an individual's right to free speech, the press has a right, and arguably responsibility, to tell the public what the government is doing. But of cour
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Count By Category | Counting | Early Math | Khan Academy
765 views / 0 likes - addedLearn to count the number of things in different categories. Practice this lesson yourself on KhanAcademy.org right now: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/early-math/cc-early-math-counting-topic/cc-early-math-comparing-numbers/e/sort-groups-by-count?utm_so
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Equal Protection: Crash Course Government And Politics #29
750 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about the most important part of the Constitution - the Fourteenth Amendment. In particular, we're going to discuss the "equal protection" clause and how it relates to our civil rights. So we've spent the last few episodes ta
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Freedom Of Speech: Crash Course Government And Politics #25
747 views / 1 likes - addedToday, FINALLY, Craig is going to talk about Free Speech! Now, free speech is so important because it not only allows you to critique the government, but it also protects you from the government. But it's essential to remember that not ALL speech is prote
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Freedom Of Religion: Crash Course Government And Politics #24
742 views / 2 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to take a look at the First Amendment and your right to freedom of religion. We’ll examine some significant Supreme Court decisions and talk about how they’ve affected our interpretations of the law with respect to stuff like animal
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Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government And Politics #37
741 views / 1 likes - addedToday Craig is going to talk about a topic that makes voters and politicians alike ANGRY! We're going to talk about Gerrymandering - that is the process in which voting districts are redrawn in a way to favor one party during elections. As you'll see, thi
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Election Basics: Crash Course Government And Politics #36
735 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig is going to give you a broad overview of elections in the United States. So as you may have noticed, there are kind of a lot of people in the U.S, and holding individual issues up to a public vote doesn't seem particularly plausible. So to
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Presidential Power: Crash Course Government and Politics #11
734 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig looks at the expressed powers of the President of the United States - that is the ones you can find in the Constitution. From appointing judges and granting pardons, to vetoing laws and acting as the nation’s chief diplomat on foreign poli
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Interest Groups: Crash Course Government And Politics #42
733 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about something you fans out there have been demanding for months - money in politics. Specifically, we're going to talk about special interest groups and their role in the U.S. political system. Special interest groups are g
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Government Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #47
731 views / 2 likes - addedToday, we’re going to wrap up our discussion of economic policy by looking at government regulation. We're going to talk about the government's goals for the U.S. economy and the policies it employs to achieve those goals. Ever since the New Deal, we've s
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Sex Discrimination: Crash Course Government And Politics #30
730 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about employment discrimination, and we're going to focus primarily on women in the workforce. Discrimination against women tends to be handled somewhat differently in the courts as they are not a minority. Even so, the court
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The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 Explained
730 views / 0 likes - addedAn overview of the landmark legislation passed giving the Federal Government enforcement power over the states in relationship to the 15th Amendment. Including Shelby County vs Holder which effectively kills much it. Huh? Watch the video! Visit www.hiphug
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Due Process Of Law: Crash Course Government And Politics #28
724 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig is going to continue our discussion of due process. Technically, we started last week with the 4th amendment and search and seizure, but this week we’re going to look at the 5th and 6th amendments and how they ensure a fair trial. We’ll ta
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How Voters Decide: Crash Course Government And Politics #38
719 views / 0 likes - addedSo today, Craig is going to try to get inside the heads of voters by discussing how voters make decisions. Now obviously, like all decision making, voter decisions are influenced by a multitude of factors, but the three we are going to focus on today (and
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Civil Rights & Liberties: Crash Course Government #23
699 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to give you an overview of civil rights and civil liberties. Often these terms are used interchangeably, but they are actually very different. Our civil liberties, contained in the Bill of Rights, once only protected us from the fede
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The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2
698 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about the United States Congress, and why it's bicameral, and what bicameral means. Craig tells you what the Senate and House of Representatives are for, some of the history of the institutions, and reveal to you just ho
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Banking 12: Treasuries (government debt)
697 views / 0 likes - addedIntroduction to government debt and treasuries. What it means when we say that Federal Reserve Notes are issued by the Reserve bank but are an obligation of the Government. More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=JBWdbzzYbtU
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Congressional Committees: Crash Course Government and Politics #7
694 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine clears up the role of committees in Congress. We’ll talk about standing committees, joint committees, conference committees, and caucuses (and not the candidate-choosing kinds) as well as the staff agencies that help advise these c
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Search And Seizure: Crash Course Government And Politics #27
692 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig talks about police searches and seizures. Now, the fourth amendment says that you have the right to be protected against "unreasonable searches and seizures" but what exactly this mean? Well, it's complicated. The police often need warrant
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Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4
689 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the United States, power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments. Craig will teach you about how federalism has evolved over the history of the US, an
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Media Institution: Crash Course Government And Politics #44
682 views / 0 likes - addedSo today we're going to look at the rather thorny issue of the media and its role in politics. Wether you're talking about older forms of media like newspapers and radio or newer forms like television and the Internet, all media serves the same purpose -
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Discrimination: Crash Course Government And Politics #31
677 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to wrap up our discussion of discrimination by looking more closely at those “discrete and insular minorities” referenced in the 14th Amendment. We’ll talk about instances of discrimination of Asian, European, and Latino immigrants,
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Party Systems: Crash Course Government And Politics #41
669 views / 0 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to dive into the history of American political parties. So throughout most of United States history our political system has been dominated by a two-party system, but the policies and the groups that support these parties have change
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Affirmative Action: Crash Course Government And Politics #32
666 views / 0 likes - addedSo we've been talking about civil rights for the last few episodes now, and we're finally going to wrap this discussion up with the rather controversial topic of affirmative action. We'll explain what exactly affirmative action is, who it is for, and why
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Congressional Elections: Crash Course Government and Politics #6
664 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine talks about the importance of elections. But he isn’t going to focus on presidential elections, but instead those of the strongest part of our government: congressional elections. Craig will talk about the frequency of elections in
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Political Parties: Crash Course Government And Politics #40
661 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig is going to talk about political parties and their role in American politics. So, when most people think about political parties they associate them with the common ideologies of the voters and representatives within that party, but the goal
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Presidential Powers 2: Crash Course Government And Politics
659 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig continues our conversation on presidential powers by looking at those NOT found in the Constitution - implied or inherent powers. We’ll talk about how the president uses his or her power to negotiate executive agreements, recommend legisla
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Why Hurricane Categories Make a Difference
656 views / 3 likes - addedDuring a hurricane you usually hear meteorologists refer to its intensity by categories. If you don't know the difference between a category 1 and a category 5 hurricane, The Weather Channel meteorologist Mark Elliot breaks it down for you.
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Presidential Succession Explained: American Government Review
647 views / 1 likes - addedA super helpful overview of Presidential succession according to the Constitution and Congressional Law. Perfect for AP Government crammers, lost College students and the cray cray on the internets.
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Congressional Leadership: Crash Course Government and Politics #8
643 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine explores the leadership structure of congress. We’ll break out the clone machine to examine the responsibilities of the speaker of the house, the majority and minority leaders as well as the majority and minority whips in both the
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Judicial Decisions: Crash Course Government And Politics #22
642 views / 1 likes - addedToday, Craig Benzine is going to dive into the factors that influence judicial decisions. As you may have noticed, the Supreme Court recently handed down some pretty big decisions on same-sex marriage (in Obergefell v Hodges) and the Affordable Care Act (
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S.C.O.T.U.S. Procedures: Crash Course Government And Politics #20
638 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine talks about what happens when a case makes it to the Supreme Court of the United States (or the SCOTUS). We're going to focus on court procedure today. We talk about how to petition to get your case heard, how written arguments, or
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Controlling Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government And Politics #17
637 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine tells you how we keep bureaucracy in check. So we've spent the last few episodes telling you all about what bureaucracies are and why they are formed. And throughout we've hinted about this ever-expanding power within the executive
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Congressional Decisions: Crash Course Government and Politics #10
628 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig breaks out the crystal ball to try and figure out why our congresspeople do the things that they do. We’ll talk about the three motivating factors of congressional decisions - constituency, interest groups, and political parties - and we’l
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Media Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #45
625 views / 0 likes - addedToday we wrap up our discussion of the media by talking about how the government interacts with and influences the content we see. Now it may be easy to assume that because we live in a free-market capitalist society, the only real regulation of the media
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Interest Group Formation: Crash Course Government And Politics #43
619 views / 1 likes - addedSo last week we talked about what special interest groups are and how they influence the political system, and today we’re going to focus on why we even have them in the first place. As to avoid getting too cynical, we’re going to focus on five benefits o
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Congressional Delegation: Crash Course Government And Politics #13
605 views / 0 likes - addedIn which Craig Benzine teaches you about delegation, and informal powers. What are all these federal agencies about? Well, the president has a lot of stuff to do as the chief executive, and as much as Americans like to talk about personal responsibility,
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Types Of Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government And Politics #16
599 views / 0 likes - addedThis week Craig Benzine breaks down the different types of bureaucracies. I mean sure, they’re all part of the executive branch, but some work more directly with the president than others. Some bureaucracies exist solely to independently regulate industry
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20th Century Capitalism and Regulation in the United States
587 views / 0 likes - addedOverview of cycles of regulation, de-regulation and government in 20th century US capitalism More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=J33nVRyTeyU
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Will New York Be Underwater by 2050?
580 views / 1 likes - addedBe one of the first 500 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realengineering/ New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY302
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Politics and native relations in the New England colonies
572 views / 0 likes - addedAlthough the New England colonies differed from the Chesapeake colonies in their economies and environments, both regions shared forms of government that were unusually democratic for the time period, as well as a policy of excluding Native Americans from
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Why It's So Hard For The Government To Hack Your Phone
562 views / 1 likes - addedThe FBI is currently in a battle with Apple to allow encrypted phones be unlocked, but how does encryption even work? How Powerful Is Apple? ►►►► http://bit.ly/1OBOqRk Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG How Secure Are Fing
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Government's Financial Condition
553 views / 0 likes - addedDifference between debt and operating costs. Seeing how large obligations are for social security and medicare More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=LOiw5aBrm4Y
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Shaping Public Opinion: Crash Course Government And Politics #34
549 views / 0 likes - addedSo today Craig is going to talk about where our political opinions come from. Of course, most people’s politics are grounded in their ideologies, but there are also other external influences such as the government itself, interest groups, and the media. S
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Political Campaigns: Crash Course Government And Politics #39
542 views / 0 likes - addedSo political campaigns are a pretty big deal in the United States. For instance the 2012 presidential election clocked in at the most expensive ever - at around $6 billion dollars! Needless to say, money plays a very big role in American elections. So tod
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The Benefit Of Government-Owned Lands
518 views / 1 likes - addedMore than a quarter of all land in the United States is owned by the Federal Government. How is it used, and does it benefit Americans? Why Does The U.S. Government Own So Much Land In The West?►►►►bit.ly/1ZQS1TV Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►
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Will ExoMars Find Life On The Red Planet?
513 views / 0 likes - addedThe Mars rovers are about to get some company on the red planet. What is the ExoMars mission? Will it find life on Mars? Register here to watch the 2016 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Final Event on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 at 11am EST - http:/
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Government Spending and the IS-LM model
505 views / 0 likes - addedHow a change in fiscal policy shifts the IS curve More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=pzQnc_0eZA8
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How the US Government Will Survive Doomsday
484 views / 0 likes - addedGet 10% off your custom domain or email from Hover at http://www.hover.com/wendover This video was partially based on the book, "Raven Rock" by Garrett Graff: http://a.co/23ud2fa Check out my new podcast with Brian from Real Engineering: https://itunes.ap
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Components of GDP
462 views / 0 likes - addedUnderstanding the components of the expenditure view of GDP. Consumption, investment, government spending and net exports More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=Rgr1vRjxzFg
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Tax Lever of Fiscal Policy
453 views / 0 likes - addedHow government can effect aggregate demand through tax policy More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=BRXBCxKjiK8
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Details on Shifting Aggregate Planned Expenditures
445 views / 0 likes - addedShowing how a change in government spending can lead to a new equilibrium More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=xF_Z4QK0tsA
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Japan's mysterious 'keyhole' tombs - BBC REEL
398 views / 0 likes - addedA sense of mystery surrounds the keyhole-shaped kofun tombs in Japan. Although the iconic Mozu Tombs in Sakai city, Osaka have recently been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, surprisingly little is actually known about these intriguing monuments, kept
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The real story behind this war poster
297 views / 0 likes - addedRosie the riveter is iconic. But whats the real story behind the poster?Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOIn this episode of Vox Almanac, Voxs Phil Edwards explores the story behind the women riveters of World War II.During World War II, milli
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The US government is giving out free wasps
203 views / 0 likes - addedThe brown marmorated stink bug is an invasive pest. To help deal with its numbers, the Oregon Department of Agriculture is releasing its natural enemy: the tiny samurai wasp. There's a lot of work that goes into it. Thanks to all the team at the ODA, and
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The government approves of this shark now.
190 views / 1 likes - addedThe Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon: but it was protest art, put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it. The Shark House: https://www.headingtonshark.com/Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmart
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The top secret plan to explode a nuclear bomb in Yorkshire
189 views / 0 likes - addedIn the 1960s, America was running "Operation Plowshare": the idea that perhaps nuclear bombs could be used for peace, not war. At least some British scientists had similar ambitions, and it involved setting off a nuclear bomb under Wheeldale, in the North
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What is social distancing? | CBC Kids News
148 views / 0 likes - addedEveryone is talking about social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Heres what that means.***IMPORTANT UPDATE!When this video originally published on March 13, the Canadian government was recommending people stay one metre apart. As of March 19,
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What are the Different Forms of Government?
64 views / 0 likes - addedEvery country on Earth is run by some form of government but there are many different kinds, from autocracies and oligarchies to direct and representative democracies.Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed
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Branches of Government
53 views / 0 likes - addedThe federal government of the United States of America is split into three separate and distinct branches. But what do the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary do and why are they necessary?Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history
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Why the government drops flies on California
27 views / 0 likes - addedThere's a good reason for it. More about the program: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PDEP/prpinfo/Edited by Michelle Martin https://twitter.com/mrsmmartin MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/(you can find contact details and social links there too) WEE
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Do you have what it takes to be a spy? | BBC Ideas
21 views / 0 likes - addedWhat qualities are the UK security services looking for when they recruit? (Spoiler alert: James Bond wannabes need not apply.)Made by Costanza Gambarini in partnership with @TheOpenUniversity Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipav0:00 Introduction
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