Virtual Economics

A comprehensive library of economics and personal finance videos for K-12 teachers and their students.

The following videos come directly from the Council for Economic Education's flagship resource, Virtual Economics. Each video explains a key economics or personal finance concept in about 2-5 minutes. Included with each video is a 5-question quiz that can be used to check your understanding either before or after you watch the video.

• Aggregate DemandTime - 3:41
• Aggregate SupplyTime - 2:41
• Balance of Trade and Balance of PaymentsTime - 4:25

• Barriers to TradeTime - 3:13
• Benefits of Trade/Comparative AdvantageTime - 3:59
• Budget Deficits and Public DebtTime - 2:57

• Business CyclesTime - 3:16
• Competition and Market StructuresTime - 1:13
• Compound InterestTime - 3:37

• ConsumersTime - 3:40
• CreditTime - 4:39
• Decision Making/Cost-Benefit AnalysisTime - 2:56

• DemandTime - 5:45
• Division of Labor/SpecializationTime - 2:35
• Economic DevelopmentTime - 2:09

• Economic GrowthTime - 4:36
• Economic InstitutionsTime - 2:08
• Economic SystemsTime - 1:20

• Elasticity of DemandTime - 7:32
• Employment and UnemploymentTime - 1:34
• EntrepreneursTime - 2:19

• Financial MarketsTime - 5:39
• Fiscal PolicyTime - 3:14
• Foreign Currency Markets/Exchange RatesTime - 4:29

• Government Failures/Public-Choice AnalysisTime - 4:28
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)Time - 3:23
• Human Capital Concept VideoTime - 3:48

• IncentivesTime - 1:55
• Income DistributionTime - 2:20
• InflationTime - 2:34

• InsuranceTime - 3:55
• Market FailuresTime - 3:51
• Markets and PricesTime - 4:38

• Monetary Policy and the Federal ReserveTime - 1:35
• MoneyTime - 1:50
• Money Management/BudgetingTime - 3:04

• Opportunity CostTime - 1:59
• Price Ceilings and FloorsTime - 8:14
• ProducersTime - 3:20

• Productive ResourcesTime - 2:02
• ProductivityTime - 2:12
• ProfitTime - 4:03

• Property RightsTime - 13:36
• Real vs. NominalTime - 4:09
• Risk and ReturnTime - 3:46

• Roles of GovernmentTime - 3:44
• Saving and InvestingTime - 3:23
• ScarcityTime - 2:03

• SupplyTime - 5:46
• TechnologyTime - 2:29
• Trade, Exchange and InterdependenceTime - 3:31