https://econtube.org/topic/recessions/Recommended economics videos and podcasts: Recessionshttps://econtube.org/v/ioWGSc9BaNk/https://econtube.org/v/ioWGSc9BaNk/Central banking independence meets recession history, focusing on risks and tradeoffs policymakers face.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/UIB-fCsXzgs/https://econtube.org/v/UIB-fCsXzgs/Links past oil-shock downturns to current recession risks and teaches how to read macro conditions.Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/NxCfacrnbFU/https://econtube.org/v/NxCfacrnbFU/Explores whether a recession could be corrective versus harmful, using debt, interest, and trade pressures.Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/PsRtlbo8UT0/https://econtube.org/v/PsRtlbo8UT0/A policy-and-history discussion of why recessions deepen, using major episodes and macro evidence.Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/3qVa31BtNi8/https://econtube.org/v/3qVa31BtNi8/Timely discussion on why recession fears haven’t materialized and how downturns affect security and Ukraine.Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/BBCp28YF-hg/https://econtube.org/v/BBCp28YF-hg/A rigorous Nobel lecture linking banking/credit mechanisms to recessions and macroeconomic fluctuations.Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/k715EmSnR2U/https://econtube.org/v/k715EmSnR2U/Explains what caused and worsened the 1930s Great Depression and how it shaped the US economy.Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/mEpgo14jwSk/https://econtube.org/v/mEpgo14jwSk/Explains why recessions may be unavoidable and how stimulus can delay—or worsen—downturns.Mon, 16 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/ekoObpuMF9U/https://econtube.org/v/ekoObpuMF9U/Evaluates why economists miss recessions and how to interpret forecasting failures.Sun, 19 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/zM3Rsp3FDnI/https://econtube.org/v/zM3Rsp3FDnI/John Taylor analyzes COVID-era macro impacts and policy tradeoffs for jobs and growth.Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/em1Ma5P6apE/https://econtube.org/v/em1Ma5P6apE/Ed Lazear explains how COVID reshaped employment and how to interpret early jobs-report signals.Sat, 04 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/Da8ZspnvR2s/https://econtube.org/v/Da8ZspnvR2s/Examines COVID fiscal rescue design, depression prevention, and impacts on businesses and employment.Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/TAYWWzD9c9E/https://econtube.org/v/TAYWWzD9c9E/Taylor analyzes COVID’s macro damage and evaluates the economic implications of large-scale relief.Fri, 27 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/EyoY02-ipPM/https://econtube.org/v/EyoY02-ipPM/Niall Ferguson assesses the timing and drivers of a potential next global recession.Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/op4qc7Qk6ZE/https://econtube.org/v/op4qc7Qk6ZE/Explores recovery from the Great Recession with concrete fiscal, labor, and human-capital policy ideas.Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/aFN6X0O-wak/https://econtube.org/v/aFN6X0O-wak/Explains why recoveries were weak using how manufacturing reshaped layoffs, recalls, and hiring.Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/oLOH2d_p7_E/https://econtube.org/v/oLOH2d_p7_E/Explains the post-2008 recovery’s weakness using historical data and debate over macro causes.Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/ooUbohNneCQ/https://econtube.org/v/ooUbohNneCQ/A recovery-from-2008 discussion linking output shortfalls and weak employment to deeper macro explanations.Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/1eCYq2vD5GY/https://econtube.org/v/1eCYq2vD5GY/Compares the 2009 US recovery to past recoveries and discusses how to measure its weakness.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/LPu6B9tDpT4/https://econtube.org/v/LPu6B9tDpT4/Becker and Robinson explain drivers of the 2008 U.S. collapse through economics fundamentals.Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/U3knEHjbGnU/https://econtube.org/v/U3knEHjbGnU/Boskin and Lazear debate why recovery is weak and what macro and labor policies could work.Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://econtube.org/v/cNZLQgE7AlQ/https://econtube.org/v/cNZLQgE7AlQ/Taylor and Judd examine whether a recession is underway, and how economists should define it.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000