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Why prices rise, in about an hour
7 videos, 1 h 03
7 short videos, from the news version to how banks create money. Two central banks, one newspaper and Khan Academy, in the order that makes each one land.
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INFLATION, Explained in 6 Minutes
Johnny Harris
The version you can follow while making dinner. Start here, then get stricter.
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What are Interest Rates? | Ask an Economist
IMF
Five minutes from the institution that sets the vocabulary everyone else borrows.
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How does raising interest rates control inflation?
The Economist
The one causal link the news assumes you already know.
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Inflation, interest rates, and your spending with @RonkeOdewumi 👥 Mind Your Money interviews
Bank of England
A central bank explaining its own decisions in the terms of a household budget.
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Money supply: M0, M1, and M2 | The monetary system | Macroeconomics | Khan Academy
Khan Academy
"The money supply" is three different numbers. Ten minutes and it stops being a slogan.
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Overview of fractional reserve banking | The monetary system | Macroeconomics | Khan Academy
Khan Academy
Where the money you deposit actually goes.
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Money creation in a fractional reserve system | Financial sector | AP Macroeconomics | Khan Academy
Khan Academy
The step most people find hardest to believe: banks make money by lending it.
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