Show 1214 Prager University part 10
Welcome to Prager University. Best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host, Dennis Prager, through an ever expanding curriculum of five minute courses taught by the finest faculty in the world, Prager University can give you the education you should have received. Tuition is voluntary.
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The Progressive Income Tax: A Tale of Three Brothers
http://youtu.be/S6HEH23W_bM?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Nov 3, 2014
"The Progressive Income Tax" is one of those economic terms that gets bandied about, but few actually know what it means or how it works. This tale of three similar brothers with three different incomes (but one shared expense) helps explain the tax system under which we live. Adapted from an article by noted investor and economist, Kip Hagopian, and narrated by actress Carolyn Hennesy of "General Hospital" and "True Blood" fame, this animated story will change the way you think about how you pay your taxes
What's the Right Minimum Wage?
http://youtu.be/4j01L69eXdI?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Oct 27, 2014
What's the perfect minimum wage: is it $10 an hour? $15? $20? How about zero? That's right. Zero. While Congress discusses a minimum wage hike, economist David Henderson shows that any minimum wage makes it harder for unemployed people (particularly young people) to find work and forces business owners to cut the hours of lower-skilled employees.
How to Solve America's Spending Problem
http://youtu.be/8Ti8RQPh7IE?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Sep 29, 2014
Everyone complains about America's debt, and rightly so, but how do we get out of it? As Cato Institute's Michael Tanner explains, spending on entitlement programs -- Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid -- has exploded in recent decades. We must slow their growth or they will soon swallow the entire federal budget. In five minutes, learn how America can preserve these programs and get out of debt.
What Creates Wealth?
http://youtu.be/661TPEvCCTU?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Aug 11, 2014
Why are some countries rich and some countries poor? Is it access to natural resources? Is it tax policy? A motivated work force? These are important, but not determinative. The answer is deceptively simple – it’s what’s in our heads: knowledge. Thus, the surest way to promote economic growth is to cultivate an environment that encourages the spread of knowledge. Such an environment requires freedom, which is why the freest societies are the most prosperous. In five minutes, economist George Gilder explains why.
The War on Work
http://youtu.be/1nN1HqAps4Y?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Jul 21, 2014
The U.S. government has spent trillions of dollars in recent decades attempting to combat poverty, yet the poverty rate has remained virtually unmoved. Why? As social economist Michael Tanner explains, the "War on Poverty" has both discouraged work and ensnared people in hardship. The "War on Poverty," it turns out, is actually a "War on Work." In five minutes, learn the truth about government's counterproductive efforts to eliminate poverty.
The Promise of Free Enterprise
http://youtu.be/xSMd4BuuXB8?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Jun 9, 2014
Built into the foundation of free enterprise is a promise. It's a promise that no other economic system offers. This promise has a great deal to do with your sense of well-being, that is, your happiness. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton understood this. So does renowned social scientist, Arthur Brooks. In five minutes, he explains how happiness and free enterprise are marvelously entwined.
Why Capitalism Works
http://youtu.be/w6adVQrSUAc?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Mar 10, 2014
Cultural depictions of capitalism are almost all negative. There's the Monopoly guy with the top hat and cigar. There's Gordon Gekko saying, "Greed is good." And, most recently, there's the hedonism of the "Wolf of Wall Street". The message is clear: capitalism is selfish. Socialism, or something like it, is selfless. In fact, the opposite is true. Renown social critic George Gilder offers this startling insight: capitalism, at it's core, is first an expression of altruism; that is, of giving. An entrepreneur can only succeed by satisfying a customer's need. This is why capitalism, and only capitalism, can create the prosperity that all societies crave and why all other economic prescriptions are doomed to failure.
Lower Taxes, Higher Revenue
http://youtu.be/FqLjyA0hL1s?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w_5qAEs5cSUJ5Bk0R8QLaY
Published on Feb 3, 2014
Should Taxes Be Higher? It's the million dollar question! Up? Down? No change? Where in the world should taxes go? In election years, the question of tax rates fills the airwaves. In non-election years, the question of tax rates, again, fills the airwaves. So what's the answer? UCLA Professor of Economics Tim Groseclose explains his research on the topic. Basically, there's a certain point at which higher tax rates actually reduce the amount of revenue the government collects. What's that point? When are tax rates too high? Learn a valuable lesson in economics, and public policy.
Is the Customer Always Right?
http://youtu.be/AEMd6NDT5Z8?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w9GVrOrzMZbwU7Li6TAT91
Published on Nov 17, 2014
"The customer is always right" is a motto we hear often and it suggests that consumers only have rights and businesses only have obligations. That is wrong. Dennis Prager explains that customers, too, have obligations, and should never take up a salesperson's time to inquire about an item they know they'll purchase elsewhere. In 5 minutes, learn how to shop ethically.
The Missing Tile Syndrome
http://youtu.be/1qanDVZHliw?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w9GVrOrzMZbwU7Li6TAT91
Published on Aug 4, 2014
Have you ever thought to yourself, "I wish I were ____"? Adjectives may have included: thinner, taller, smarter, etc. If so, you're like virtually everyone else, and afflicted by "The Missing Tile Syndrome." As Dennis Prager explains, we often focus on the missing tile(s) in our lives, which robs us of happiness. In five minutes, learn how to fix your focus.
What Matters Most in Life?
http://youtu.be/Lg-wNxJ5XxY?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w9GVrOrzMZbwU7Li6TAT91
Published on Jul 7, 2014
What is the most important thing in life? Money? Happiness? Love? Those things are certainly important, but what matters most is good values. What are values? They are what we consider more important than our feelings. For instance, just about everyone feels like eating junk food, but if you eat whatever you feel like eating you will end up obese and unhealthy. So then, what stops people from eating all the food they feel like eating? The answer is good values. Indeed a lack of good values is the root of virtually everything wrong with the world. In five minutes, learn why we should act based on values rather than our feelings.
What Every Graduate Should Know
http://youtu.be/fEmBCiEnREQ?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w9GVrOrzMZbwU7Li6TAT91
Published on Jun 2, 2014
As a college graduate, the commencement speech is something that you can take with you into the world. America's universities have attracted some of the most successful and famous people to speak to graduates. Some commencement speakers deliver grand and inspiring speeches. Some don't say much. Dennis Prager has his own five-minute commencement speech he'd like to give to this year's college graduates. It's not the typical address, and not one you'd likely hear at most universities.
What Did Your Parents Most Want You to Be?
http://youtu.be/5adJxEWLFKU?list=PLIBtb_NuIJ1w9GVrOrzMZbwU7Li6TAT91
Published on Mar 17, 2014
When parents boast about their children with other people, what do most say first? Is it how nice they are to strangers? Or how much volunteering they did last year? Usually not. More often, they talk about their good grades in school, or the prestigious college they went to, or the much sought after summer internship they are on. But this is backwards. Acts of kindness are what parents should talk about with others, and what they should really praise their kids for. According to Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, the best way to make a better world is to praise people for what counts--goodness.
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