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The Future of Takeaways In Dubai
12 views / 0 likes - addedIn Dubai, the landscape of takeaway food delivery is rapidly changing. This evolution isnt just about convenience, its a testament to the citys commitment to innovation and societal progress.Meet Khalifa Al Qama, the executive director of Dubai Future Lab
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Can Planting Trees Help Fight Climate Change?
58 views / 0 likes - addedIs planting trees a solution to global warming? Recent studies have looked into the possibility of planting billions of, or even a trillion, trees as a low-tech solution to climate change. But is planting that many trees feasible and worthwhile, consideri
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Why Flushing Isn't For Everyone
80 views / 1 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about how we can help improve the lives and health of people around the world, visit https://gatesnotes.comSewers are a great way to make pooping safe, but theyre not always the right solut
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The Crabs Are Coming
71 views / 0 likes - addedWe made this video in partnership with the Bik Lab at University of Georgia and the National Science Foundation.As the waters warm in the deep sea around Antarctica, ecosystem-crushing crabs are able to live closer and closer to the continent.LEARN MORE**
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What The Longest-Running Study on Happiness Reveals
86 views / 0 likes - addedHow to lead a happier, healthier and longer life. Check out our sponsor: https://betterhelp.com/veritasium to get matched with a professional therapist who will listen and help.A huge thanks to Prof. Robert Waldinger for all his help with this video. To l
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What are Economic Systems?
67 views / 0 likes - addedDifferent economic systems have been developed to meet the needs and wants of the citizens of a country or society. These systems have distinct advantages and downsides for producers, consumers, and governments.Untold is a free collection of short, compel
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How Quantum Computers Break The Internet... Starting Now
146 views / 0 likes - addedA quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.A
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How Americans Are Tricked Into Buying Fake Food
289 views / 0 likes - addedThe food in your kitchen cabinets may not be what it seems. Fraudsters motivated by economic gain secretly infiltrate the global food market through a variety of means, including counterfeits, dilutions, substitution and mislabeling, according to the Glob
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How do we create a better economy?
152 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the model known as doughnut economics, which aims to meet the needs of people without overshooting Earth's ecological limits.--Can we call any economy healthy in the face of dwindling resources and growing inequality? What if we cut off our addict
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How will AI change the world?
522 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the current limitations of artificial intelligence and the possibility of creating human-compatible technology.--In the coming years, artificial intelligence is probably going to change your life and likely the entire world. But people have a hard
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Is capitalism actually broken?
188 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the different types of capitalism, how they operate, and how they impact issues like climate change and rising inequality.--People have become increasingly worried that the threats we face today, like climate change and rising inequality, cant be
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Is inequality inevitable?
161 views / 0 likes - addedExplore how economic inequality can be measured and how it is impacted by different governmental policy choices.--Income and wealth inequality are not new. In fact, economists and historians who have charted economic inequality throughout history havent f
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These companies with no CEO are thriving
134 views / 0 likes - addedGet to know the different kinds of co-ops, how they work, and how they differ from traditional companies. --Co-ops are a big part of the global economy: they employ 10% of the worlds workforce and over two trillion dollars flow through their doors every y
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What is a gig economy?
185 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the benefits and drawbacks of the gig economy, and find out the key factors of becoming a successful freelancer.--A 2016 survey of freelancers in six countries found that those who freelance by choice 70% of respondents were happier than people in
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Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse?
327 views / 1 likes - addedWhat We Owe The Future is available now you can get it wherever you get your (audio)books or here: https://www.amazon.com/What-Owe-Future-William-MacAskill/dp/1541618629This video was sponsored by the author, Will MacAskill. Thanks a lot for the support.S
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Can the economy grow forever?
137 views / 0 likes - addedIs infinite economic growth possible on a planet with finite resources? Explore how countries can balance efficiency with sustainability.--Many economists think that an eternally growing economy is necessary to keep improving peoples lives, and that if th
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Whats the best country to live in?
185 views / 0 likes - addedDiscover the shortcomings of using GDP to measure a countrys well-being, and what alternatives can be used to gauge quality of life.--Whats the best country to live in? Is it the one with the best food? The longest life expectancy? The best weather? For t
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How do speakers work?
138 views / 0 likes - addedBuild the worlds simplest speaker A coil of wire, a magnet and a sheet of cardboard are all you need to build a simple speaker. Chief Scientist, Carl Nelson shows how easy it is to build a speaker. Imagination Station, Toledo's hands-on science center, is
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Does trickle-down economics actually work? - Jonathan Smith
191 views / 1 likes - addedDig into trickle-down economics, which claims that tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy stimulate the economy and improve people's lives.--In 1981, the US economy was struggling: unemployment rates were climbing and inflation had peaked at an all-tim
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Carl Sagan - One Planet (Music by Moon Hooch & Tonio Sagan)
214 views / 0 likes - addedCarl Sagan - “One Planet” (Music by Moon Hooch & Tonio Sagan) “One Planet” from Ep.13 of Cosmos "Who Speaks for Earth" written by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, with music and video created by @MoonHooch and Tonio Sagan. Download A
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The Islands With Too Much Power
223 views / 0 likes - addedThe Orkney Islands, off the northern tip of Scotland, have so much electricity that it's actually a problem. Here's why: and here's what they're doing about it. This video has a correction: Hornsdale Power Reserve didn't catch fire! It was the newer Victo
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Why can't governments print an unlimited amount of money? - Jonathan Smith
241 views / 0 likes - addedExplore the economic strategy of quantitative easing, where a central bank purchases bonds in order to boost the economy.--In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked economies worldwide. Millions of people lost their jobs, and many businesses struggled t
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Why These Bears Waste Food
221 views / 0 likes - addedOffset your carbon footprint with Wren! They'll protect 5 extra acres of rainforest for each of the first 100 people who sign up at https://www.wren.co/join/minuteearth.Optimal foraging theory means that turning down food is sometimes more efficient than
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Sir David Attenborough explains why we need a new global deal to protect our oceans
220 views / 0 likes - addedSir David Attenborough imagines healthy and abundant oceans - something that is within our reach. Previously, the World Trade Organization negotiated global rules for industry and agricultural subsidies, and right now we need to do the same for fishing. W
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Can we get rid of Covid-19 forever?
324 views / 0 likes - addedHow to eradicate a disease, in 4 steps.Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications () so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOAs of March 2021, Covid-19 has killed more than 2.5 million people. Its brought on a dramatic economic downfall,
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Why Overpopulation Isnt the Problem You Think It Is
898 views / 0 likes - addedAround 390,000 new humans are born every day. So, on a planet with dwindling resources and an increasing strain on natural systems is curbing our booming population the key to solving our environmental woes? Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribesee
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Plastic bricks in Kenya - NZAMBI MATEE - Young Champion of the Earth 2020 for Africa
320 views / 0 likes - addedNzambi Matee (Kenya), a materials engineer and head of Gjenge Makers, which produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste and sand. “We must rethink how we manufacture industrial products and deal with them at t
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Distributing the COVID Vaccine: The Greatest Logistics Challenge Ever
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Egypt's Dam Problem: The Geopolitics of the Nile
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Hear a $15 Million Stradivarius | Now Hear This | Great Performances on PBS
285 views / 0 likes - addedScott Yoo honors Vivaldi by playing an excerpt from "The Four Seasons" on a $15 million Stradivari violin. Please like & subscribe now if you enjoyed: http://bit.ly/1G40XgZ TUNE IN: Now Hear This “Vivaldi: Something Completely Different” P
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The $12 trillion ripple effect of Covid-19
377 views / 0 likes - addedThe pandemic has hit everyone, but it has hit us all in different ways. Many lives have been lost, a number that just entered seven digits. Millions have lost jobs. Others have lost trust in their fellow citizens. Entire sectors of private industry have b
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The Unexpected Ingredient That Will Change Your Chocolate Cake
299 views / 0 likes - addedFrom mayonnaise, to soda, to ice cream, there is a long list of unusual ingredients that can be mixed into cake batter with surprisingly delicious results. This unexpected add-in, however, takes the proverbial cake. Thanks to the addition of sauerkraut -
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This Atom Can Predict The Future
279 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to CTBTO for sponsoring this video: https://www.ctbto.orgMany of the bewildering correlations in our world - like that between Beryllium-7 and the Asian monsoon - are a result of huge and unseen forces that tie them together.Thanks also to our Patr
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*If We Aren't Too Late
264 views / 0 likes - addedThis video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/3dSVdurWell each have at least $100,000 more in our piggy banks, on average, if we stop climate change than if we dont.Thanks also
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How Does the Internet Work? - Glad You Asked S1
1,548 views / 0 likes - addedFor most of us, the internet is virtual, made of Instagram posts, emails and YouTube videos. And, access to the vital utility isn’t guaranteed across the world. Glad You Asked host Cleo Abram wants to know: What is the internet actually made of? And
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Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
472 views / 0 likes - addedWhile the English were falling apart a little, with their civil war and their restoration and their succession problems, the Dutch were getting their act together. They were throwing off the yoke of the Spanish Empire, uniting their provinces, and buildin
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Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36
466 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're talking about the economic cultural recovery of the 1920s, and the economic depression of the 1930
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Economic Depression and Dictators: Crash Course European History #37
549 views / 0 likes - addedWe're still leading up to World War II, but first we gotta talk about the rise of the dictators. Today we talk about the rise of militaristic dictatorships in Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, and Spain, and the economic depression that set the stage for
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The Great Acceleration
297 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Were in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.Thanks also to our Patreon pa
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What causes an economic recession? - Richard Coffin
537 views / 0 likes - addedHow can factors like inflation, supply and demand, and interest rates trigger recessions? Learn the economic basics of modern markets.--For millennia, the people of Britain had been using bronze to make tools and jewelry, and as a currency for trade. But
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Why Exercise Is Hard
383 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Because exercise isn't essential for short-term survival, we don't exercise enough, so we need to reincorporate purposeful physical activity into our lives.Thanks
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How We Evolved To Browse The Web
405 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/The decisions we make while we browse the internet are suprisingly similar to the ones animals make as they forage for food...here's why.Thanks also to our Patreon
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Why We Should Invest In Rat Massage
390 views / 0 likes - addedGo to https://NordVPN.com/minuteearth to get 75% off a 3 year plan and use code MINUTEEARTH for an extra month for free. Protect yourself online today.Basic research can seem wasteful, but it's actually a great economic investment.Thanks also to our Patre
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This Country Has Something Everyone Else Wants
396 views / 0 likes - addedThanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/Morocco has 3/4 of the worlds known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food.At the t
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1950s vs. NOW: Did Mid-Century Futurism Flop?
388 views / 0 likes - addedWhat kind of future did the people of the 1950s predict? Did people get the tech they wanted?Watch more: Could You Handle Being An Adult In The 70s?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgQwXGubNjgSubscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive L
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"If We Don't Protect Nature We Can't Protect Ourselves" Harrison Ford | Extinction Rebellion
474 views / 0 likes - addedWe are facing an emergency resulting from our toxic economic and political system. The way we relate to each other and to nature is destroying Earth’s capacity to sustain life. Unending economic growth and profits drawn from a planet with limited re
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Paleo Got It Wrong: We've Loved Carbs for Over 100,000 Years | SciShow News
438 views / 0 likes - addedGo to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. If you’re on the “paleo diet,” you’ve probably been avoiding wheat and potatoes
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Capitalism: Is it here to stay? | BBC Ideas
512 views / 0 likes - addedHow did capitalism start? How does it work? Is it here to stay? The Economist's Anne McElvoy tells the story of this economic system.Subscribe to BBC Ideas https://bbc.in/2F6ipavThis video was made by Somethin' Else.------------Do you have a curious mind?
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Will This Trick Your Mind? (Artificial Intelligence TEST)
481 views / 0 likes - addedSimpliSafe is awesome security. It’s really effective, it's really easy to use, and the price is great. Check SimpliSafe out here: https://simplisafe.com/asap Are you able to tell what is real and what is fake? Listen to our podcast! https://youtu.be/l1Dz
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How a 16-Year-Old Is Leading a Global Climate Movement
507 views / 3 likes - addedFor hundreds of thousands of young people around the world, Greta Thunberg is an icon. In August 2018, dismayed by adults’ lack of action on the global climate crisis, the teenager sat herself down in front of the Swedish Parliament, pledging to strike fr
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Green Turtle Laying Eggs CAUGHT ON CAMERA | BBC Earth
596 views / 2 likes - addedSimon Reeve catches a rare sight when he spots a turtle laying eggs on the beach. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BBCEarthSub Watch more videos from BBC Earth: Planet Earth http://bit.ly/PlanetEarthPlaylist Blue Plane
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Not What You Think It Is | The Swim
605 views / 1 likes - addedIt's not an island twice the size of Texas. But it is severely impacting marine life and human health... and incredibly hard to study. How Millions of Microscopic Fibers Are Ending Up in Our Bodies - https://youtu.be/Bbg0L7JN15U Read More What Happens to
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Top 10 Maps That Will Change The Way You See The World
1,115 views / 0 likes - addedFrom politics to pop culture to history, maps can teach us exactly what people think and thought. Prepare to be amazed by these top 10 maps that will change how you see the world. Subscribe for more! ► https://goo.gl/pgcoq1 ◄ Stay updated ► https://goo.gl
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Solar Thermal Panini Maker: Solar Grilling!
770 views / 2 likes - added#MircaleWhipPartner #TangGang SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/nickipedia SHARE THIS VIDEO:https://youtu.be/5wUl3qEuAc4 Thank you Miracle Whip for sponsoring this video, as a guy from the Midwest where Miracle Whip is super popular I was super stoked fo
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After Hurricane Maria, Building a Community Under the Sea
612 views / 0 likes - addedRaimundo Chirinos has devoted his life and career to protecting Puerto Rico’s waters. And in the wake of Hurricane Maria, his devotion matters more than ever. Among its many assaults, the Category 5 storm pulled fishing gear from the island’s shores into
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China is erasing its border with Hong Kong
886 views / 0 likes - addedThe border has an expiration date. Follow Johnny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywharris/ Follow the Vox Borders watch page: https://www.facebook.com/VoxBorders/ Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO With original music by Tom Fox h
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It’s Not Just You, Science Says Music Has Universal Meaning for Everyone
509 views / 0 likes - addedNew research shows that people from all over the world can understand the meaning of music, even from other countries. Does this mean music is universal? The Mystery Behind Jupiter's Powerful Auroras - https://youtu.be/7lO4Pz14d_o Read More: A Study Sugge
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How Much Damage Can An Earthquake Do?
1,355 views / 6 likes - addedEarthquakes are awful, but just how bad are they? Watch more: How Long Will Our Monuments Last? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geeTiovdXLQ&index=7&t=0s&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusiv
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Why Is Caviar So Expensive?
689 views / 0 likes - addedCaviar is one of the most expensive foods in the world. Selling for up to $35,000 per kilo, it's revered and relished by aristocrats across the globe. But it's an acquired taste. Turns out, caviar wasn't always so valuable. In the 19th century, sturgeon s
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Why do taxpayers pay billions for football stadiums?
603 views / 0 likes - addedCities want football teams. Owners want stadiums. Watch how NFL rule changes made linemen gigantic: http://bit.ly/2BSOf5n Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the past 20 years, over $7 billion in public money has gone towards financing the c
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Should NASA Spend Billions To Explore The Sun?
589 views / 0 likes - addedNASA recently announced a plan to send a probe to our Sun! Is this even worth the money? Watch More: What If The Sun Doubled In Mass? ►►►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIyokKq_qN8 Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://www.keeponthinking.co Suppo
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Is Your Fleece Jacket Polluting The Oceans?
551 views / 1 likes - addedPlastic pollution has been a problem for decades. But new research shines the spotlight on a new plastic pollution menace -- microfibers. SUBSCRIBE to Above the Noise:[https://www.youtube.com/abovethenoise?sub_confirmation=1] ABOVE THE NOISE is a show fro
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The Industrial Revolution (18-19th Century)
580 views / 1 likes - addedIntroduction to some of the elements of the Industrial Revolution, more on this subject to come! The economic developments of the 1800s saw the development of agrarian and handicraft economies in Europe and America transform into industrial urbanised ones
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$45 Copyscope DIY | HTME: Practical
553 views / 0 likes - addedAndy shows you how to make a functional telescope from an old copier lens, a mirror, some Jeweler's loops and pvc pipe. || MAKE YOUR OWN WITH THIS SHOPPING LIST || 3 in. x 1-1/2 in. PVC DWV Reducing Coupling http://go.magik.ly/ml/4vg7/ Loctite 0.14 fl. o
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Why 23 million Americans don't have fast internet
539 views / 0 likes - addedBuffering... Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO /// Sources: FCC 2015 Notice of Inquiry: https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-15-10A1.pdf FCC 2016 Broadband Progress Report: https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-p
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Social Class & Poverty in the US: Crash Course Sociology #24
601 views / 1 likes - addedToday we’re breaking down the five different social class in the United States: the upper class, the upper middle class, the average middle class, the working class, and the lower class. We’ll also go over what poverty looks like in the United States. Cra
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Should Puerto Rico Become The 51st State?
539 views / 0 likes - addedThere are 3.5 million U.S. citizens currently facing one of the worst financial crises in this country - and they're all in Puerto Rico. The U.S. government has an almost 120-year-long relationship with Puerto Rico – which is a territory, not the 51st sta
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The real reason streetcars are making a comeback
430 views / 0 likes - addedIt’s mostly about economic development. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Starting in the late 20th century, modern streetcar proposals started rippling across municipalities in the United States. They’re touted as infrastructure carrying ben
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Stand-Up Comedy Using Only Siri, Alexa, Cortana and Google Home | OOO with Brent Rose | WIRED
593 views / 0 likes - addedThe age of the digital assistant is upon us and as these AI helpers attempt to interface with humans companies like Apple and Google are trying anything to make their interactions more organic. Brent Rose takes Google Assistant, Amazon Echo, Microsoft Cor
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Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" have a hidden message? - David B. Parker
816 views / 1 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/does-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz-have-a-hidden-message-david-b-parker In his introduction to “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children’s story. But some schol
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Homer Simpson: An economic analysis
601 views / 0 likes - addedMall santa, carny, and CEO: How Homer Simpson’s jobs represent America. Here's the full article and list of jobs: http://www.vox.com/2016/9/6/12752476/the-simpsons-homer-middle-class Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Video by Estelle Caswell
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An Economic History of the World Since 1400 | The Great Courses
859 views / 0 likes - addedhttps://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/show/an_economic_history_of_the_world_since_1400?utm_source=US_SocialMedia&utm_medium=SocialMediaEditorialYoutube&utm_campaign=138569 Economics has, in many regards, created the world. Not only is it the process through
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What happens when the Fed raises rates
639 views / 0 likes - addedSt. Louis Fed President James Bullard stopped by Business Insider to talk about the potential economic consequences of higher interest rates. Originally published on Business Insider on October 28, 2015. --------------------------------------------------
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The Surprising Origin of Thanksgiving Foods
931 views / 5 likes - addedI’m thankful for science. And also pie. SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStgvng2 Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBStgvngFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Want to wear your love for science? We’ve got merch: http://df
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Do Plants Think?
859 views / 1 likes - addedGet yourself an awesome I DID A SCIENCE shirt! http://dftba.com/besmart Tweet this video ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplant Share on FB ⇒ http://bit.ly/OKTBSplantFB ↓ More info and sources below ↓ Learn more/references: “What a Plant Knows” by Daniel Chamovitz ht
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Do Video Games Make You Smarter?
761 views / 2 likes - addedWe've all been told that playing video games can distract you from school but is this true? Do video games affect academic performance? How Video Games Change Your Brain - http://bit.ly/2aOpUnc Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1Px
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Why Do We Waste $1 Trillion Of Food A Year?
922 views / 1 likes - added"Ugly" and deformed food often gets left in fields to rot. How can we help reduce this food waste? Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: USDA Food Waste FAQs http://www.usda.gov/oce/foodwaste/faqs.htm "In the United Sta
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Can YOU Solve It? This Question Stumped 75% Of PhD Economists
609 views / 0 likes - addedIntroductory economics courses cover the concept of an opportunity cost. Can you figure out the opportunity cost for the problem in the video? This video presents a question that surprisingly more than 75% of PhD economists did not answer correctly. Paper
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Turning Gravity Into Light - Smarter Every Day 146
655 views / 0 likes - addedVideo sponsored by Shell - Tweet this Video: http://bit.ly/1TYOqjn Click here to learn more about Gravity Light! http://igg.me/at/GravityLight/x Click here if you're interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊More info! ⇊ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Our Power Grid Is Failing. What We Can Do About It?
1,272 views / 0 likes - addedOur power is distributed in really inefficient ways, so what's the solution? Learn about the future of Smart Grid technology here. Big Game Blackout: The Power Grid Explained - http://bit.ly/1VR6hMH Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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Foreign Aid And Remittance: Crash Course Econ #34
720 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is foreign aid? How much foreign aid does the United States distribute each year. Comparatively, not much. In fact, foreign aid only accounts for a small fraction of most nations' overall spending. But it's hugely important. Foreign aid improves heal
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Why You Shouldn't Make Decisions When You're Hungry
518 views / 0 likes - addedResearchers have found that being hungry can trigger impulsive behavior, how is this evolutionarily advantageous? Check out the all new Seeker! http://www.seeker.com Why You Get Angry When You're Hungry ►►►► http://bit.ly/1WKZ958 Sign Up For The Seeker Ne
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Why Do So Many Price Tags End In .99?
781 views / 1 likes - addedIt’s very common to see the number 9 at the right end of a price tag. Why is this? Lauren explains the psychology of prices and nines in this episode of BrainStuff. Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com. Share on Facebook: Share on Twitter: Subscribe: htt
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Economic Demand
612 views / 0 likes - addedEconomists and politicians always want there to be more ‘demand’ in the economy. But they ignore whether there might be better or worse kinds of demand. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look at our shop (we sh
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Should We Contact Uncontacted Peoples?
838 views / 0 likes - addedA big thank-you to our supporters on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Today I Found Out - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Mark Roth - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - 靛蓝字幕组 - Maletendo Bezenga - Kapero - Zarko Obrenovic - Duhilio Patiño -
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Monopolies And Anti-Competitive Markets: Crash Course Economics #25
1,218 views / 0 likes - addedWhat is a monopoly? It turns out, it's more than just a board game. It's a terrible, terrible economic practice in which giant corporations dominate markets and hurt consumers. Except when it isn't. In some industries, monopolies are the most efficient wa
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Restoring Habitats With Magic Beans
605 views / 1 likes - added145-year-old beans from the Field's botanical collections are being used today to help restore a local native plant habitat. How does that work? We talked with Robb Telfer - a poet, and a passionate 'plant nerd' - about how he became involved in working t
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Government Regulation: Crash Course Government And Politics #47
743 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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Market Economy: Crash Course Government And Politics #46
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574 views / 0 likes - addedThis videos features James Grime with a little bit of Edward Crane. Ed's full discussion of Nash and embedding: https://youtu.be/5xQ4ePN79-M Nash shared both the Nobel and Abel Prizes. Full details. Nobel: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-s
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The Economic Injustice Of Plastic - Van Jones
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How Economic Inequality Harms Societies - Richard Wilkinson
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How To Build A Better City
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Investment and Consumption
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First Degree Price Discrimination
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Rent Control and Deadweight Loss
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Producer Surplus
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Total Consumer Surplus as Area
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Consumer Surplus Introduction
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Economic Growth through Investment
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