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Best Microeconomics & behavioral economics videos, as recommended on Hacker News

65 videos about microeconomics & behavioral economics that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2009 and 2026. Mostly explainer, talk, lecture. Channels that come up most: LibertyPen, TED, Free To Choose Network, Talks at Google. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Fear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!: HN recommends it as a funny, accurate and easy primer on Keynesian versus Austrian views of the business cycle.

• explainerFear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!Radical Discourse · 10 HN recommenders · 2010–2024
• talkDebt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 8 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• explainerThe Machinery Of Freedom: Illustrated summarybitbutter · 4 HN recommenders · 2012–2020
• talkThe Psychology of Human Misjudgement - Charlie Munger Full SpeechBuffettMungerWisdom · 6 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• explainerThe Economics of Airline ClassWendover Productions · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• podcastPeter Thiel on "The Portal", Episode #001: "An Era of Stagnation & Universal Institutional Failure."Eric Weinstein · 8 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• explainerLonger-lasting light bulbs: it was complicatedTechnology Connections · 9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• commentaryTobacco: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 6 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
• lectureDemocracy at Work: Curing Capitalism | Richard Wolff | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• commentaryThe Lottery: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 6 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• interviewMilton Friedman - The Negative Income TaxLibertyPen · 7 HN recommenders · 2012–2022
• explainerThe Carbon Offset ProblemWendover Productions · 5 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• explainerA Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic AltruismKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 4 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• lectureEconomics of Nuclear ReactorIllinois EnergyProf · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• explainerWhy Tipping Should Be Banned - Adam Ruins EverythingDropout · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2020
• talkThe paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz | TEDTED · 4 HN recommenders · 2010–2022
• explainerThis is why we can't have nice thingsVeritasium · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• lectureMilton Friedman - The Real World Effects Of UnionsLibertyPen · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• news60 Minutes - Luxottica. Do you know who makes your glasses?Luxury Eyesight · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• explainerWhy do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de HaanTED-Ed · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• lectureMilton Friedman Speaks: Money and Inflation (B1230) - Full VideoFree To Choose Network · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• talkThinking, Fast and Slow | Daniel Kahneman | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2023
• interviewAbolish Copyrights and Patents? A Soho Forum DebateReasonTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• podcast327 - Choices, costs, and challenges in US healthcare: insurance, drug pricing, & potential reformsPeter Attia MD · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• lectureMilton Friedman - Why Tax Reform Is ImpossibleLibertyPen · 3 HN recommenders · 2013–2022
• explainerDominic Frisby. A simple guide to land value taxDominic Frisby Comedy Videos · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2020
• talkRSA ANIMATE: First as Tragedy, Then as FarceRoyal Society of Arts · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2022
• explainerThe Stealership Trap - Why We Need the Dealership "Rip Off"FortNine · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• talkThe puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink | TEDTED · 3 HN recommenders · 2010–2026
• commentaryHow government programs drive up college tuitionsPeter Schiff · 3 HN recommenders · 2010–2018
• explainerI, Pencil: The MovieI, Pencil · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• talkGabe Newell: On Productivity, Economics, Political Institutions, and the Future of Corporationsblogphilofilms · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• comedyPrinciples of economics, translatedYoram Bauman · 3 HN recommenders · 2009–2023
• podcastUnlocking UAP Mysteries: Economics, Aliens, and The Great Filter | Merged EP0109Merged Podcast · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2023
• explainerInduced Demand & Roadway Widening: Everything You Always Wanted to Know (and Weren't Afraid to Ask)Ray Delahanty | CityNerd · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• documentaryFree To Choose 1980 - Vol. 01 The Power of the Market - Full VideoFree To Choose Network · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• podcastSaifedean Ammous: Bitcoin, Anarchy, and Austrian Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #284Lex Fridman · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• explainerDeath to PenniesCGP Grey · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2023
• lectureThe Myth of the Robber Barons with Burt FolsomFoundation for Economic Education · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• talkAre we in control of our decisions? | Dan ArielyTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2017
• explainerPounds, shillings, and pence: a history of English coinageLindybeige · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkNoam Chomsky: "Free Markets?"Santarchy · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• talkThe riddle of experience vs. memory | Daniel KahnemanTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2010–2019
• explainerStrong Towns: Property Tax vs. Land Value "Tax" (LVT)John Snow · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• explainerWhy Are American Health Care Costs So High?vlogbrothers · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2014
• lectureMilton Friedman Speaks: The Economics of Medical Care (B1234) - Full VideoFree To Choose Network · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkThe dirty secret of capitalism -- and a new way forward | Nick HanauerTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• explainerRSA ANIMATE: The Truth About DishonestyRoyal Society of Arts · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2015
• commentaryMilton Friedman - Illegal Immigration - PT 1LibertyPen · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2016
• explainerMilton Friedman - I, PencilFree To Choose Network · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2026
• lectureMilton Friedman - Who Benefits From Licensing?LibertyPen · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2019
• comedyAdam Ruins Everything - The Real Reason Hospitals Are So Expensive | truTVtruTV · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2025
• commentaryMilton Friedman - Redistribution of WealthLibertyPen · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2017
• explainerPower of the Market - The PencilLibertyPen · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2019
• explainerGiving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.Vox · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2022
• interviewThomas Sowell: affirmative action creates academic failure & resentmentGravitahn · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2020
• explainerThe Art Market is a Scam (And Rich People Run It)Wendover Productions · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2022
• lectureMilton Friedman - Case Against Equal Pay for Equal WorkLibertyPen · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2020
• commentaryMilton Friedman justifies not recalling the ford pintoRepublicansSuckDlCK · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2019
• interviewRichard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295Lex Fridman · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• demoMaking Money Flow: The MONIACReserve Bank of New Zealand · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2022
• explainerMMO Economies - Hyperinflation, Reserve Currencies & You! - Extra CreditsExtra Credits · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2020
• explainerThis clock was famous, but the internet ruined it.Tom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• explainerHow Much Is a Human Worth? (according to engineers)Practical Engineering · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2025
• podcastProf. Timur Kuran on "The Portal", Episode #004: "The Economics of Revolution and Mass Deception."Eric Weinstein · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2025