Crash Course Economics: study plan and how long it takes
The CrashCourse playlist is 36 videos and 6.2 hours long. Here's how long it takes at different paces, a week-by-week schedule built from the real videos, and a planner that turns it into your own daily plan.
36 videos · 6.2 hours · CrashCourse
Crash Course Economics, with Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford, covers supply and demand, macroeconomics, GDP, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, the 2008 financial crisis, globalization and trade, price controls, market structures, labour markets, the underground economy and the economics of happiness.
At about 10 minutes per episode, the whole series is roughly six hours.
Who it's for: Students taking an intro economics class, and anyone who wants to understand the economic news.
How long does it take?
The full playlist is 6.2 hours across 36 videos. Here's roughly how many days that is at different daily watch times and speeds, counting video time only:
| Daily time | At 1x | At 1.5x | At 2x |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 min a day | 13 days | 9 days | 7 days |
| 1 h a day | 7 days | 5 days | 4 days |
| 2 h a day | 4 days | 3 days | 2 days |
Make your own schedule
The playlist link is already filled in. Press Plan, set how much time you have each day and your speed, and you'll get a day-by-day schedule with a finish date and a calendar file. It reads the live playlist, so new videos are included.
Week-by-week schedule
A sample plan at 30 minutes a day and normal speed, using whole videos so none is split across days. That's 3 weeks in total. For a different pace, start date or speed, use the planner above.
Week 1Videos 1–17 · 2h 47m
Day 1 · 23m
- 1Crash Course Economics Intro!2m
- 2Intro to Economics: Crash Course Econ #112m
- 3Specialization and Trade: Crash Course Economics #29m
Day 2 · 21m
- 4Economic Systems and Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #310m
- 5Supply and Demand: Crash Course Economics #410m
Day 3 · 23m
- 6Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #514m
- 7Productivity and Growth: Crash Course Economics #69m
Day 4 · 30m
- 8Inflation and Bubbles and Tulips: Crash Course Economics #710m
- 9Fiscal Policy and Stimulus: Crash Course Economics #812m
- 10Deficits & Debts: Crash Course Economics #98m
Day 5 · 20m
- 11What's all the Yellen About? Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Crash Course Economics #109m
- 12Money and Finance: Crash Course Economics #1111m
Day 6 · 21m
- 13How it Happened - The 2008 Financial Crisis: Crash Course Economics #1211m
- 14Recession, Hyperinflation, and Stagflation: Crash Course Economics #1310m
Day 7 · 29m
- 15Economic Schools of Thought: Crash Course Economics #1410m
- 16Imports, Exports, and Exchange Rates: Crash Course Economics #1510m
- 17Globalization and Trade and Poverty: Crash Course Economics #169m
Week 2Videos 18–31 · 2h 30m
Day 8 · 22m
- 18Income and Wealth Inequality: Crash Course Economics #1710m
- 19Marginal Analysis, Roller Coasters, Elasticity, and Van Gogh: Crash Course Economics #1812m
Day 9 · 21m
- 20Markets, Efficiency, and Price Signals: Crash Course Economics #1911m
- 21Price Controls, Subsidies, and the Risks of Good Intentions: Crash Course Economics #2010m
Day 10 · 21m
- 22Market Failures, Taxes, and Subsidies: Crash Course Economics #2112m
- 23Environmental Econ: Crash Course Economics #228m
Day 11 · 22m
- 24Economics of Education: Crash Course Economics #2310m
- 25Revenue, Profits, and Price: Crash Course Economics #2411m
Day 12 · 20m
- 26Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Markets: Crash Course Economics #2510m
- 27Game Theory and Oligopoly: Crash Course Economics #2610m
Day 13 · 21m
- 28Behavioral Economics: Crash Course Economics #2711m
- 29Labor Markets and Minimum Wage: Crash Course Economics #2811m
Day 14 · 23m
- 30The Economics of Healthcare: Crash Course Economics #2910m
- 31The Economics of Death: Crash Course Economics #3013m
Week 3Videos 32–36 · 55m
Day 15 · 22m
- 32Taxes: Crash Course Economics #3112m
- 33The Underground Economy: Crash Course Economics #329m
Day 16 · 23m
- 34The Economics of Immigration: Crash Course Economics #3311m
- 35Foreign Aid and Remittance: Crash Course Economics #3412m
Day 17 · 10m
- 36The Economics of Happiness: Crash Course Economics #3510m
Tips for finishing
- Finish it in two to three weeks with two episodes a day.
- Follow it with MIT 14.01 for a rigorous microeconomics course.