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Best Macroeconomics & financial crises videos, as recommended on Hacker News

74 videos about macroeconomics & financial crises that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2008 and 2026. Mostly explainer, talk, documentary. Channels that come up most: TED, Not Just Bikes, Principles by Ray Dalio, Radical Discourse. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is How The Economic Machine Works by Ray Dalio: HN repeatedly recommends it as the best layperson overview of debt, credit and economic cycles.

• explainerHow The Economic Machine Works by Ray DalioPrinciples by Ray Dalio · 18 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
• explainerHans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBCBBC · 10 HN recommenders · 2010–2023
• explainerPrinciples for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray DalioPrinciples by Ray Dalio · 10 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• explainerFear the Boom and Bust: Keynes vs. Hayek - The Original Economics Rap Battle!Radical Discourse · 10 HN recommenders · 2010–2024
• explainerWhy American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme [ST03]Not Just Bikes · 14 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• documentaryThe Spider's Web: Britain's Second Empire | The Secret World of FinanceIndependent POV · 6 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• explainerThe Truth about American Cities - Part 1 - Strong Towns [ST01]Not Just Bikes · 7 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkThe best stats you've ever seen | Hans RoslingTED · 5 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• explainerThe IOU Machine: How Currency Is Created | Hidden Secrets of Money Ep. 4GoldSilver · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• lectureJancovici : Can we save energy, jobs and growth at the same time ? 08/01/2018Jean-Marc Jancovici · 6 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talkWhere in the world is it easiest to get rich? | Harald Eia | TEDxOsloTEDx Talks · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2023
• otherMargin Call (2011) - Senior Partners Emergency Meeting [HD 1080p] (Re-Upload / Audio Fixed)Extractor · 5 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• explainerHow Bankrupt American Cities Stay Alive - Debt [ST04]Not Just Bikes · 7 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• explainerEngland: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt - Extra History - Part 1Extra History · 6 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• explainerThe Collapse of The American Dream Explained in Animationdoctordude · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• musicFight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek - Economics Rap Battle Round TwoRadical Discourse · 5 HN recommenders · 2011–2024
• lectureMark Blyth ─ Global TrumpismWatson School of International and Public Affairs · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• courseSes 1: Introduction and Course OverviewMIT OpenCourseWare · 5 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• otherMargin Call (9/9) Movie CLIP - It's Just Money (2011) HDMovieclips · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• explainerRSA ANIMATE: Crises of CapitalismRoyal Society of Arts · 4 HN recommenders · 2011–2016
• documentaryMoney as Debt I - Revised Edition 2009 (Full Movie)Ethaniel RockX · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• documentaryMoney as Debt - Full DocumentaryFree Your Mind · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• lectureMilton Friedman Speaks: Money and Inflation (B1230) - Full VideoFree To Choose Network · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• explainerHow the Fed's "Money Printer" Really WorksBen Felix · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• talkJancovici : Will technology save us from Climate Change ? MIT Media Lab - 23/02/2021Jean-Marc Jancovici · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• explainerRSA ANIMATE: Smile or DieRoyal Society of Arts · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2022
• interviewCharlie Rose: Sir James Goldsmith Interview - 15.11.94Sir James Goldsmith · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• documentaryBlack Wednesday (BBC 1997)batrachious · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkYanis Varoufakis: The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global EconomySkriptaTV · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2015
• explainerWhy 50 Million Chinese Homes are EmptyPolyMatter · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• talkUnderstanding the rise of China | Martin JacquesTED · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2019
• documentaryPrinces of the Yen | The Hidden Power of Central BanksIndependent POV · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• interviewYanis Varoufakis with Professor Noam Chomsky at NYPL, April 16, 2016 | DiEM25DiEM25 · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• talkRobert F. Kennedy challenges Gross Domestic Productipyramid · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• 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
• talkHow the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TEDTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
• lectureMark Blyth - A Brief History of How We Got Here and WhyMcMaster Humanities · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• documentaryThe Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK | FT FilmFinancial Times · 3 HN recommenders · 2022–2024
• explainerDeath to PenniesCGP Grey · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2023
• explainerWhat Eating the Rich Did For JapanAsianometry · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• documentaryFour Horsemen - Feature Documentary - Official VersionRenegade Inc. · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2018
• explainerMoney creation in the modern economy - Quarterly BulletinBank of England · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• lecture1. Introduction for 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018MIT OpenCourseWare · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• explainerHow The Dutch Economy Shows We Can't Reduce Wealth Inequality With Taxes | Economics ExplainedEconomics Explained · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• explainerQuantitative Easing Explainedmalekanoms · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2018
• commentaryYanis Varoufakis exposes Europe's energy scamDiEM25 · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2026
• documentaryInside Job (2010 Full Documentary Movie)Aditya Shukla · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• explainerSOUTH KOREA IS OVERKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• talkNoam Chomsky: "Free Markets?"Santarchy · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• documentaryAre NEW Chinese buildings really FALLING DOWN?ADVChina · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• commentaryWhy Are Birthrates Plummeting Worldwide?Patrick Boyle · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• talkPeter Schiff Mortgage Bankers Speech Nov/13/06Peter Schiff · 2 HN recommenders · 2009–2013
• documentaryFinal Warning Limits to Growthbiopilz · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2020
• comedyBird and Fortune - Subprime Crisiskerviel88888 · 2 HN recommenders · 2008–2018
• explainerDemographic Collapse — China's Reckoning (Part 1)PolyMatter · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2021
• comedyDavid Mitchell on Tax Avoidance from The Last LegPolitical News · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• talkRobert Kennedy on GDPWimble Don · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2024
• explainerHow Suburban Development Makes American Cities Poorer [ST02]Not Just Bikes · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2024
• talkPeter Thiel and George Gilder debate on "The Prospects for Technology and Economic Growth"Intercollegiate Studies Institute · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2012
• explainerThis Ponzi Scheme Might END Suburban ProsperityStrong Towns · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2026
• otherMargin Call Best Quote by Will Emersonchrislaucn · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• interviewChina vs EU on debt conditionsGeshan Dissanayake · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2023
• documentaryGHOST CITY - Inside the Chinese Housing BubbleADVChina · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• talkHow to rob a bank (from the inside, that is) | William BlackTED · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2023
• talkCryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Controlaantonop · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2020
• talkAusterity: The History of a Dangerous Idea | Mark Blyth | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2018
• otherThe Big Short (2015) - FrontPoint Partners' investigation in Florida & first trade [HD 1080p]Extractor · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2022
• documentaryI.O.U.S.A.: Byte-Sized - The 30 Minute VersionIOUSAtheMovie · 1 HN recommender · 2009–2016
• documentaryThere's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future)incubatepictures · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2026
• talkNick Hanauer on inequalityWatchExtraVideo · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2020
• explainerThe True Cost of the Royal Family ExplainedCGP Grey · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2022
• otherMarxism: Zizek/Peterson: Official VideoJordan B Peterson · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• talkBeware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick HanauerTED · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2026