# What causes an economic recession?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Richard Coffin
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Business and management, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_coffin_what_causes_an_economic_recession)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For millennia, the people of Britain had been using bronze to make tools and jewelry, and as a currency for trade. But around 800 BCE, that began to change: the value of bronze declined, causing social upheaval and an economic crisis— what we would call a recession today. So what causes recessions? Richard Coffin digs into the economic fluctuations that affect our modern markets. \[Directed by Augenblick Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by GDM Production Music\].

## Lectures

1. [What causes an economic recession?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/richard_coffin_what_causes_an_economic_recession/02fa8c6c66eb), 5 min (TED's player)