Money and financial: Crash Course Economics #11

So, we’ve been putting off a kind of basic question here. What is money? What is currency? How are the two different. Well, not to give away too much, but money has a few basic functions. It acts as a store of value, a medium of exchange, and as a unit of account. Money isn’t … Read more

The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33

In which John Green teaches you about the Great Depression. So, everybody knows that the Great Depression started with the stock sector crash in 1929, right? Not exactly. The Depression happened after the stock sector crash, but wasn’t caused by the crash. John will teach you about how the depression started, what Herbert Hoover tried … Read more