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Air Force pilot Keith Connolly was among the first USAF units to be stationed within South Vietnam. During his second tour, he flew F-4 Phantoms targeting the Ho Chi Minh Trail and witnessed two of his men go missing after his plane had been hit. In this video clip, learn more about Keith and his time serving in Vietnam. (4:31)
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The Soviet Union launching of Sputnik leads to the United States creation of NASA and the beginning of the Space Race. America trails behind the Soviet throughout the continued race until the American’s land the first man ever on the moon. In this video take a closer look at the Space Race, set to “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf. (4:21)
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In 1996, Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot made a second bid for the U.S. presidency as an independent candidate. On the campaign trail, Perot delivers a speech warning America of impending economic doom. (6:28)
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The Daisy Ad, run for the first and last time on September 7th, 1964, but its impact was immeasurable. Political advertising was never the same. In this video clip, learn more about LBJ’s Daisy ad in the 1964 campaign trail. (3:02)
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Earl Browder, who was the Communist party's candidate in 1936 and 1940, reaches out to progressives in a speech on the campaign trail. While appealing a passport forgery conviction in 1940, he was forbidden to travel and thus ran his campaign exclusively out of New York. (1:06)
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In the previous video, we learned that inflation can add noise to price signals resulting in some costly mistakes from price confusion and money illusion. Now, we’ll look at how it can interfere with long-term contracting with financial intermediaries.
Let’s say you want to take out a big loan, such as a mortgage on a house. The financial intermediary (in this case, a commercial bank) is going to charge you an interest rate as their profit for loaning you the money. In this situation, inflation has the potential to work against you or it can work against the bank.
If the bank charges you a nominal interest rate (i.e., the interest rate on paper before taking inflation into account) of 5% and inflation climbs unexpectedly to 10% for the year, the real interest rate (nominal minus inflation) falls to -5%. The bank actually loses money. However, if inflation has been higher and banks are charging 15% for mortgages and inflation rates fall unexpectedly to 3%, you’re stuck paying a real interest rate of 12%!
The above scenarios are similar to what actually happened in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Inflation was low in the 60s. But then in 70s, inflation rates climbed up unexpectedly. People that purchased a home in the 60s lucked out with low interest rates on their mortgages coupled with higher inflation, and many were able to pay off the loans more quickly than expected. But anyone that purchased a higher interest rate mortgage in the 70s only saw inflation fall back down. It was good for the banks and a costly choice for the homeowners. They were saddled with a high-interest mortgage while lower inflation meant a lower increase in wages.
It’s not that the people buying homes in the 1960s were smarter than those in the 70s. As we’ve noted in previous videos, inflation can be very difficult to predict. When banks expect that inflation might be 10% in the coming years, they will generally adjust their nominal interest rates in order to achieve the desired real interest rate. This relationship between real and nominal interest rates and inflation is known as the Fisher effect, after economist Irving Fisher.
We can see the Fisher effect in the data for nominal interest rates on U.S. mortgages from the 1960s through today. As inflation rates rise, nominal interest rates try to keep up. And as the inflation rates fall, nominal interest rates trail behind.
Now, if inflation rates are both high and volatile, lending and borrowing gets scary for both sides. Long-term contracts like mortgages become more costly for everyone with much higher risk, so it happens less. This is damaging for an economy. Coordinating saving and investment is an important function of the market. If high and volatile inflation is making that inefficient and less common, total wealth declines.
Up next, we’ll explore why governments create inflation in the first place. (06:04)
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In this video clip, learn more about of the most famous sandstone buttes in America. This sandstone bears the only remaining physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It appears on the trail today just as it did 200 years ago. (2:57)
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We sometimes say the President is the most powerful man in the world, but this isn't really the case. The President of the United States of America must work within a system of checks and balances that is intentionally inefficient and forces compromise so that no one person can take too much power. George Edwards, professor of political science, explains the limits of the president's power. A President's promises on the campaign trail often get deflated after they get into office because they have to contend with congress. Party politics often makes it difficult or impossible to compromise, as senator Lindsey Graham found out the hard way when he got trampled by an elephant. (04:02)
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In this video clip, Ted Sorensen, JFK's 1960 Campaign speechwriter, tells the story of a congratulatory misunderstanding on the campaign trail. (1:01)
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This video is a retrospective of his life from the early years, through high school, college, his life with Michelle and his family, and on the campaign trail .(Amateur video) (03:24)
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(05:10) This five-minute video does not have narration and replies on images and graphics to tell the story of this powerful wife of John Adams. There is little context given for the letters and nothing about the impact of them at the time they were written. At best, just an overview of Mrs. Adams and what she was trying to do and to provide interest for others to follow her trail. Slow loading. Music may be muted without losing any of the message.
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Enjoy the golden radiance of a setting sun with Bob Ross as night hastens over a softly blended knoll – you’ll be home at last, just down the trail’s end. (24:53)
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This three-minute video gives background to the Over the Mountain trail and Kings Mountain. Insights into the turning point of the war in the South.
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Fort Worth has its roots in Indians, cattle, railroads, and oil. In 1849 at the end of the Mexican-American War, a fort was established in honor of General William Jenkins Worth. The purpose of the fort was to protect settlers from Indian attacks.
Fort Worth grew into a bustling town when it became the last major stop along the legendary Chisholm Trail, the dusty path where millions of cattle were driven North to market.
Later, the railroad industry transformed the Fort Worth Stockyards into a premiere livestock center. Fort Worth is known as "Cowtown." This one minute video gives a quick overview of the area and might be of value for students studying the Westward Movement.
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There are fossils of viruses, of sorts, preserved in the DNA of the hosts that they’ve infected. Including you. This molecular fossil trail can help us understand where viruses came from, how they evolved and it can even help us tackle the biggest question of all: Are viruses alive? (08:13)
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See first hand the beauty of the Grand Canyon on this Rim to River run down South Kaibab Trail. You get to see the South Rim, mules, breathtaking views, and cross the Colorado River on a beautiful Spring day. (02:00:49)
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A beautiful winter jog along the trail from Old Man's Cave to Cedar Falls and back. See the rock formations, go under the waterfall, and climb through a long tunnel at the end of the trail. (58:04)
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Air Force pilot Keith Connolly was among the first USAF units to be stationed within South Vietnam. During his second tour, he flew F-4 Phantoms targeting the Ho Chi Minh Trail and witnessed two of his men go missing after his plane had been hit. In this video clip, hear more about his experience. (4:31)
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When the U.S. attacked the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, they avoided sending in ground troops, leaving that to South Vietnamese fighters. Pilots like Bob Clewell supported the battle, flying in the largest helicopter operation in the war. (4:12)
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Ynes Mexia is not your “normal” scientist. She didn’t follow the “normal” path. She blazed her own trail, did things her own way, and in her own time. (04:42)
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We've all seen them – and used them – those little dots that create suspense, or trail off dialogue. But have you ever stopped to think about whether there's a correct number of dots you should use, or when you should use them? (02:44)
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I'm going to talk about the ellipses. What you need to know is that there are two ways to use the ellipses. One sort of indicates a hesitation or a trailing off in your sentence, and another is a way to show that something has been redacted from, say, a quotation. Here's a look at how it works.
I'm going to talk about the ellipses. What you need to know is that there are two ways to use the ellipses. One sort of indicates a hesitation or a trailing off in your sentence, and another is a way to show that something has been redacted from, say, a quotation. Here's a look at how it works.
I'm going to talk about the ellipses. What you need to know is that there are two ways to use the ellipses. One sort of indicates a hesitation or a trailing off in your sentence, and another is a way to show that something has been redacted from, say, a quotation. Here's a look at how it works.
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Marie Skłodowska Curie’s revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do? Shohini Ghose expounds on some of Marie Skłodowska Curie’s most revolutionary discoveries. Lesson by Shohini Ghose, animation by Anna Nowakowska. (05:03)
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Forbidding mountains were no match for Daniel Boone. When he was hired by a wealthy businessman to forge a trail through the Cumberland Gap, he emerged on the other side of the mountain two weeks later. (03:15)
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Learn how to use the ellipsis mark in English ( ... ). In this punctuation lesson, you'll learn about ellipses (ellipsis points and suspension points) and how we use them. We use ellipses in formal writing to replace words that we omit from a quotation. We also use the ellipsis mark to indicate hesitation, pauses, or trailing off in sentences. This is very common in informal writing (emails/texts) and especially in novels. (12:19)
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