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For u.s. college Students

National Economic Education
Video Competition

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The St. Louis Fed wants your films!

The St. Louis Fed is sponsoring a YouTube video contest. We want your original video, illustrating at least one of three economic concepts: scarcity, factors of production and opportunity cost. (Check out the links below for additional information on each of these topics.)

The guidelines are simple.  As an individual or as part of a team, you submit videos, no more than five minutes in length, that explain at least one of the three concepts. The videos should be geared to a high school-aged audience.

To be eligible for consideration, submit your video by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. For a complete list of contest rules, download the submission packet.

Prizes will be awarded to the top four videos:

  • First place: $1,000 U.S. Savings Bond
  • Second place: $750 U.S. Savings Bond
  • Third place: $500 U.S. Savings Bond
  • People's Choice: $250 U.S. Savings Bond

Better yet, the Fed will use your video as part of its economic education program. The video will be posted on the Fed's YouTube channel and will be seen by high school students nationwide.

If prizes, a presence on a prominent YouTube site and thousands of viewers nationwide interest you, good luck and get started!

More Information

Background information for each of the topics can be found online:

Scarcity

Productive resources (factors of production)

Opportunity cost