The short clip gives a basic introduction to the concept of the market equilibrium and its graphical representation: taking the example of a market for apples, it presents supply and demand curves as well as scenarios how prices and quantities adapt, leading to an equilibrium. 2012 Level: beginner Market equilibrium | Supply, demand, and market equilibrium | Microeconomics |   Khan Academy This dossier gives an overview of the functions and the nature of money. The concept of Islamic finance is briefly explored, too. 2015 Level: beginner The Nature of Money Lena Rethel I-PEEL Mariana Mazzucato explains how we lost sight of what value means and why we need to rethink our current financial systems so capitalism can be steered toward a bold, innovative and sustainable future that works for all of us. 2019 Level: beginner What is economic value, and who creates it? Mariana Mazzucato TedTalks Jason Smith takes a stab at blind faith in the efficiency of the price mechanism to provide market information. To do so, he calls upon Information Theory and Generative Adversarial Networks to argue the price mechanism is faulty and skewed towards supply. 2017 Level: beginner Hayek Meets Information Theory. And Fails Jason Smith Evonomics The models of portfolio selection and asset price dynamics in this volume seek to explain the market dynamics of asset prices. Presenting a range of analytical, empirical, and numerical techniques as well as several different modeling approaches, the authors depict the state of debate on the market selection hypothesis. 2009 Level: advanced Handbook of Financial Markets Thorsten Hens, Klaus Reiner Schenk-Hoppé North Holland