Last week TED-Ed published a new video lesson entitled
Why Cant Governments Print an Unlimited Amount of Money? The purpose of the video is to describe how governments, especially the United States federal government, were able to invest trillions of dollars on COVID-19 financial relief programs in the in 2015. The video explains the function of reserve banks in controlling the cash supply and the ideas of inflation and quantitative easing. There is also a description of government bonds, why theyre sold, and who buys them. Overall, its a solid video for middle school or high school students.

Applications for Education.
Before showing either Why Cant Governments Print an Unlimited Amount of Money? or What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value? I d ask trainees to think of some products they acquire and what adds to the cost and or price boosts of those products.

Heres an introduction of how to develop a project in EDpuzzle.

Why Cant Governments Print and Unlimited Amount of Money? A couple that dovetail with the most current video include What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?

The purpose of the video is to describe how governments, particularly the United States federal government, were able to spend trillions of dollars on COVID-19 financial relief programs in the last year. The video explains the function of central banks in managing the cash supply and the principles of inflation and quantitative easing. A couple that dovetail with the latest video include What Gives a Dollar Bill Its Value?

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All of the videos appropriate as intros to bigger lessons. To that end, I might have trainees view the videos in EDpuzzle where they can answer some questions about the videos as a project.