Economy Story Videos for understanding the economy from across public media.

Repo 105

Its the title of a dubious financing transaction that Lehman Brothers used in 2008 to make its balance sheet look healthier than it really was. Senior Editor Paddy Hirsch takes a stab at explaining how Repo 105 worked.

Marketplace Minute With Bill Radke

Watch Marketplace Morning Report host Bill Radke cram all the week's business news into a 60-second poem.

SXSW Panel intro: Covering Big News on Small Budgets

Check out how public and indie media covered some of the biggest stories of the past year. Join us at SXSW Interactive on March 13.

Marketplace Minute with Bill Radke 3/5

This week: Greece's debt problems, the Bunning block, the post-office funk, more car recalls, and shopping through the snow.

Easin' on Down Telegraph Avenue for Day of Action

Animated Economic Concepts

Videos explaining the concepts of Benefits, Business Plans, Commodities, Consumer Price Index, Equity, Gross Domestic Product, Labor Market, Line of Credit, Opportunity Cost, and Subsidy

Teens on the Street talk Economics

4 video clips: 1) Young people describe affects of recession in their own town. [1 min. 57 secs.] 2) Young people talk about their concerns about finding a job in the current labor market. [2 mins. 33 secs.] 3) Young people describe how they think they can get the necessary funding to start a business. [1 min. 19 secs.] 4) Young people weigh paying less for sugar against keeping families employed. [2 mins. 22 secs.]

A Case for Teaching Economics

David Brancaccio gives an impassioned plea for teachers to go beyond the text book approach to teaching economics in an effort to meet real world challenges and build a economic foundation for the next generation. [2 mins. 49 secs.] also Susie Gharib of the Nightly Business Report talks about her interest in the economy and how the simplest of things - like the iPhone - affect you economically in ways you've never thought about. [2 mins. 44 secs.]

California in Crisis: Public Education for the Privileged?

The March 4 Day of Action is designed to stand up for students like this 21-year-old UC Berkeley junior from a working class family who says she doesn't see the residents of her San Francisco Bay Area community represented at her school.