Videos · Economic Game Changers · Jul 22, 2026
When prices skyrocket, everyone suffers—but does someone benefit? In this episode of Economic Game Changers, you’ll meet David Ricardo, a stockbroker-turned-economist who responded to a costly grain…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 10, 2024
What benefits the world economy more: government-imposed trade regulations or the free exchange of ideas and commerce? For Daniel Hannan, president of the Institute for Free Trade, freedom always…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Aug 31, 2017
Did you know that since 1970, the percentage of humanity living in extreme poverty has fallen 80 percent? How did that happen? Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, explains.
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Sep 05, 2016
What if everything you've heard about income inequality is wrong? What if it's actually a good thing for there to be people who are rich and people who aren't? John Tamny, editor of RealClearMarkets,…
Videos · 5-Minute Videos · Jun 09, 2014
Built into the foundation of free enterprise is a promise. It's a promise that no other economic system offers. This promise has a great deal to do with your sense of well-being, that is, your…
Worksheets
Use this worksheet as a companion formative assessment or quizzing tool to the David Ricardo episode and lesson. Perfect for students in grades 6 and up.
Lesson Plans
Why does voluntary trade tend to leave both sides better off, while restricting trade tends to benefit only a few at everyone else's expense? Students in grades 6th and up will understand that David…