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These are outside explanations of the mechanics our lessons teach, from general-audience educational channels. The one thing to remember: the title and the channel were checked against YouTube's oEmbed endpoint, and that is all. A person on this project has not watched them end to end, so this page does not embed them, and a listing is not an endorsement of everything said in a video. Pressing a title opens YouTube.
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Compounding · Budgeting · Saving and the emergency fund · Credit · Insurance · Index funds and advice · What money is, and inflation · Taxes · Behavior · Schools of economic thought
Compounding
- Compound interest introduction | Interest and debt | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy
An introduction to compound interest from Khan Academy, beside our compounder.
- The rule of 72 for compound interest | Interest and debt | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy
The rule of 72 for compound interest, a shortcut the compound-interest lesson also covers.
Budgeting
- Budgeting and the 50:30:20 rule | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy
A lecture on the 50:30:20 split, one common framework for dividing a paycheck. It is not a rule from Scripture.
Saving and the emergency fund
- Saving wisely: emergency fund | Financial mathematics (TX TEKS) | Khan Academy
Khan Academy on an emergency fund, beside the emergency-fund lesson.
- Why You NEED an Emergency Fund!
PBS Two Cents on the same reserve. Any dollar figure in the episode belongs to the year it was made; do not repeat it as current.
Credit
- Secured and unsecured credit | Loans and debt | Financial Literacy | Khan Academy
Khan Academy on secured and unsecured credit, the distinction the credit lesson draws.
Insurance
- Real world: Insurance and You | Teacher resources | Financial Literacy | Khan Academy
Khan Academy's teacher-resource piece on insurance. The double space before the pipe is how YouTube publishes the title.
Index funds and advice
- What The Heck Is An Index Fund?
PBS Two Cents on index funds, for a reader who wants the idea before the lesson's tables.
- The Case for Index Funds
Ben Felix on index funds. It is a general lecture and not advice to you.
- Why Index Funds Aren't Going to Break the Market | Common Sense Investing with Ben Felix
The title matches a worry the biblically responsible investing lesson has to answer. Its argument is not endorsed here.
- 4 Reasons Your Advisor Isn’t Recommending Index Funds | Common Sense Investing with Ben Felix
Ben Felix on advisor incentives, going by the title: why a person paid from your account may not recommend a cheap fund.
What money is, and inflation
- Money and Finance: Crash Course Economics #11
Crash Course Economics on money and finance, beside our opening lesson on what money is.
- Inflation and Bubbles and Tulips: Crash Course Economics #7
Crash Course Economics on inflation and bubbles. Figures in the episode belong to the year it was filmed; our inflation lesson carries the CPI table.
Taxes
- Taxes: Crash Course Economics #31
Crash Course Economics on taxes, beside our tax lessons.
Behavior
- Your feelings about future returns are not expected returns!
The title makes the lesson's point in one line: a mood about the market is not a forecast.
- Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Economics #27
Crash Course Economics on behavioral economics, beside the overspending lesson.
Schools of economic thought
- Economic Schools of Thought: Crash Course Economics #14
Crash Course Economics on schools of economic thought, beside the page that weighs them one by one.