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Is Quality on the decline?
So what’s really happening with quality?
In this video, I limit the discussion to physical goods and identify the four forces behind our (perceived) decline in quality.
- This video was inspired by Alex Tabarrok’s posts on quality at Ma...
A Monetary Policy Fairy Tale
In the latest Econ Nerds video, I tell the story of Brazilian inflation to my son at bedtime. It’s a great tale and since it is about monetary policy it instantly puts kids to sleep!
At the prompting of who did all the visuals for it, we...
What really happened to Rome’s currency
This video came out great. It’s about as close as we can get to a PBS-style documentary here at Econ Nerds.
Big shout-out to Calvin and his team, who did all the graphics that bring the video to life. Incredible work.
The origin of this v...
Is America Lucky or Good?
This video took a LONG time to make, but first, introductions. Valay Kelkar is a college student who also makes econ-adjacent videos: https://www.youtube.com/@valay-kelkar. At MRU (Econ Nerds’ parent org, a non-profit focused on econ educat...
I took the 2026 SAT and the 1985 SAT
I can’t even count all the op-eds recently about bringing the SAT back, so the video is well timed.
Some observations about taking the 2026 and 1985 SATs:
- The current SAT is adaptive. You get 4 sections, 2 verbal and 2 math. If you do...
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