By Caitlin Smith

There are plenty of people online who will happily tell you how you can get rich –usually by buying their overpriced advice. However, there aren’t many authorative, educational resources on the subject. There are a handful, however, and we’ve found 100 lectures that can help you get a leg up on finances, nearly all of them academic.

General Finance & Math

Get a general understanding of the way math and finance work from these lectures.

1. Economics in Popular Film: These lectures use popular film as an object of analysis for finance. [Mount Holyoke]
2. Financial Management: Check out these lectures to understand corporate finance and capital markets, especially how they relate to managerial decisions. [MIT]
3. Money 101: Buzzwords: These lectures will help fill you in on financial terminology. [American Public Media]
4. Introduction to Statistics: This course can help you learn more about statistics, and making them work for you. [Berkeley]
5. Accounting Lecture 1-Basic Concepts:
6. Finance Theory: This lecture series will help you learn the financial tools you need to make good business decisions. [MIT]
7. Issues in Fiancial Mathematics and Statistics: Learn about financial mathematics and statistics from three distinguished speakers with the University of California. [University of California]
8. The financial markets context: See how financial markets work through these lectures. [Open University]
9. Financial Markets: Rober Sholler explains how financial institutions work. [Yale]

Accounting

Use these lectures to learn how to balance budgets and more.

10. Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting: Learn how to promote the exchange of resources through financial and managerial accounting. [MIT]
11. Management Accounting and Control: Use these lectures to learn how to make management accounting decisions. [MIT]
12. Financial Accounting: Get the basics of financial accounting from these lectures. [Miami Dade College]
13. Accounting Rules: Learn the rules of accounting through this video lecture. [DWM Bean Counter]
14. Accounting Songs: These accounting songs make learning the principles of accounting fun. [YouTube]
15. Types of Accounts: Watch this video to get a basic overview of the types of accounts in accounting. [DWM Bean Counter]
16. Financial Accounting: Get the basics of financial accounting from these lectures. [MIT]
17. Introduction to Managerial Accounting: This short video lecture covers the essentials of managerial accounting. [YouTube]
18. Debits and Credits: This video will give you the essentials of debits and credits. [DWM Bean Counter]

Economics

Follow these lectures to learn the ins and outs of economics.

19. The Economics of Climate Change: Risk, Ethics, and a Global Deal: Check out this lecture to learn how you can work with climate change. [Princeton]
20. Macroeconomic Analysis: In this webcase, you’ll learn about national income, employment, and price. [Berkeley]
21. Economics and Psychology: You can understand the psychological insights into economic models of behavior through these lectures. [MIT]
22. Philanthropy…It’s Definitely Not for Wimps: Reflections on Faith and Finance: This lecture discusses philanthropy in religion. [Princeton]
23. Principles of Microeconomics: Get an understanding of supply and demand, markets, and more from this lecture series. [MIT]
24. Economics 160: Get an overview of economics from these lectures. [UCLA]
25. Economics and E-Commerce: Get a look at the growth and future of economic commerce through this set of lectures. [MIT]
26. The Outlook for the Global Economy and the Challenges That Must Be Met: Learn what the world needs to do to keep the economy going. [Princeton]
27. Neuroeconomics: Learn why your brain makes financial decisions from this lecture. [MIT]
28. Public Economics: Through this set of lectures, you can learn about the role of the public sector in the economy. [MIT]
29. Macroeconomic Theory I: Learn about growth and more from these lectures. [MIT]
30. Public Economics: Learn about government taxation and more in these lectures. [MIT]

Everyday Finance

These lectures cover finances as they relate to everyday life.

31. Beyond Freakonomics: New Musings on the Economics of Everyday Life: Steven Levitt covers everyday economics. [Princeton]
32. Successful Aging: Retirement: This video lecture reminds you to take care of your finances as you get older. [University of California]
33. Financial Planning and Control: These lectures will help you learn about planning and control in finances. [LMU]
34. Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning: Get a grip on your finances through this lecture set. [UC Irvine]
35. Financial Management Goals: Learn how to set financial management goals with this lecture. [YouTube]
36. Money 101: Homeowning: Learn important lessons about homeowning through these lectures. [American Public Media]
37. Family Finance: You can manage your personal and family finances through this family finance course. [Utah State University]
38. Economics of Education: See how your personal economics can have an effect on your education and those around you. [MIT]
39. Money 101: Retirement & Investing: Get an education in retirement and investing from these lectures. [American Public Media]
40. Personal and Family Finances: In these lectures, you’ll learn about practical personal finance. [University of Minnesota]

Banking

Get an understanding of banking systems from these lectures.

41. Money and Banking: This series of lectures will teach you about the banking system. [UCLA]
42. Making Sense of Banking in the 21st Century: Richard Davis explains the challenges to banks today. [University of California]

Investing

Become a smart investor with the help of these lectures.

43. Valuation: Get an understanding of valuing companies and beyond from these lectures. [NYU]
44. Investments: Use these lectures to make sound investment decisions. [MIT]
45. Real Estate Finance and Investment: Learn how to make smart investment and finance decisions in commercial real estate from these lectures. [MIT]
46. Introduction to Valuation: You’ll get the basics of valuation from this course. [YouTube]
47. Investment Risk: These lectures will teach you about risk and fair returns on investment. [Open University]
48. Foundations of Finance: This course offers guidance for working with financial markets for investment and beyond. [NYU]
49. Business Analysis Using Financial Statements: In these lectures, you’ll learn how to use publicly available data to value companies. [MIT]
50. Real Estate Capital Markets: Check out these lectures to find out how to make good use of real estate capital markets. [MIT]

Corporate Finance

If you plan to get rich through a corporation, you’ll want to check out these lectures.

51. Corporate Finance: Learn how corporate finance works, and what you can do to make it work for you from this course. [Mount Holyoke]
52. Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager: Gain a basic understanding of the legal issues for corporations from these lectures. [MIT]
53. Advanced Corporate Risk Management: These lectures will teach you how to use the insights and tools of risk management. [MIT]

Business

Learn how to manage business, finances, and more through these lectures.

54. Communication for Managers: Use this course to improve your management skills. [MIT]
55. Managerial Economics: Get tools and concepts for business and management from this lecture. [National University of Singapore]
56. Oxford MBA Finance Lecture: This lecture covers finance topics for MBAs. [Oxford]
57. Power and Negotiation: You will get an overview getting the competitive advantage in negotiation through these lectures. [MIT]
58. Financial Evaluation of Capital Decisions: This lecture will help you make informed capital decisions. [IIT]
59. Financial and Managerial Accounting: These lectures will teach you how to prepare and interpret financial information as a manager and investor. [MIT]
60. Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life: See how improving your leadership skills can give you a richer life. [Harvard]
61. Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs: Hear from leaders and entrepreneurs at Stanford University here. [Stanford]
62. Leading Organizations: Find out how to properly lead from these lectures. [MIT]
63. Fundamentals of Risk Management: Understand risk management and how it impacts business decisions from this lecture. [Tulane]
64. Economic Analysis for Business Decisions: Find out how to properly analyze economics when making business decisions. [MIT]
65. Taxes and Business Strategy: Use these lectures to find out how to make decisions that take taxes into account. [MIT]
66. Macroeconomics for Managers: Learn how to manage macroeconomics through this course. [Utah State University]
67. Real Exstate Economics: Understand the macroeconomic factors that shape and influence real property markets. [MIT]
68. Managerial Economics: In this lecture series, you’ll learn about microeconomic concepts for managerial decision-making. [Notre Dame]
69. Advanced Managerial Communication: These lectures will help you build your oral and interpersonal communication skills. [MIT]
70. Consumer Psychology in a Recession: Find out how you can be successful by understanding customers’ evolving consumption patterns. [Harvard]
71. Managerial Economics: Apply microeconomics to business decisions with the help of these lectures. [Utah State University]
72. Warren Buffet MBA Talk: Check out this talk to get some MBA insight from Warren Buffet. [YouTube]
73. Managerial Psychology: Learn about behavioral science as it relates to management. [MIT]

Law

Find out how laws play into finances from these lectures.

74. Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property: Learn how to use the law to protect yourself and your business. [MIT]
75. The Law of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets: You’ll get an overview of law-sensitive aspects of financial services and financial markets from these lectures. [MIT]

International

Make money in international business with the knowledge in these lectures.

76. International Economics: Learn about international trade theory, finance, and policy. [Utah State University]
77. China & Globalization: Learn about business in China from these lectures. [American Public Media]
78. Global Markets, National Policies, and the Competitive Advantages of Firms: Understand the interaction between global markets and businesses with these lectures. [MIT]
79. Applied Macro-and International Economics: These lectures are all about GNP, inflation, international trade, and more. [MIT]
80. International Trade: Get an understanding of international trade and finance in these lectures. [MIT]
81. International Trade: Find out how international trade works and how you can apply it to business in this podcast. [UCSD]
82. International Economics: Use these lectures to get an introduction to the field of international trade. [MIT]
83. Economy and Business in Modern China and India: Find out why China and India are important financial players, and how you can find value in them. [MIT]

Entrepreneurship

Learn how to create a successful startup from these lectures on entrepreneurship.

84. Innovating at Every Level: See how your company can innovate with the help of this video lecture. [Harvard]
85. Entrepreneurship & Business: Mark Juliano covers idea generation, funding, business plans, and more. [Talkshoe]
86. Entrepreneurial Marketing: Through these lectures, you’ll learn about marketing concepts for startups and entrepreneurs. [MIT]
87. Creating an Innovation Mindset: This video will help you keep an innovative mindset. [Harvard]
88. Pricing: Use these lectures to understand pricing strategies and tactics. [MIT]
89. Entrepreneurship & Small Business: These lectures offer the basics of entrepreneurship and small business. [American Public Media]
90. Entrepreneurial Finance: These lectures offer a look at finance through every stage of entrepreneurship. [MIT]
91. Listening to the Customer: These lectures will teach you the value of listening to your customer. [MIT]
92. Green Rush: Eco-Business: Find out how the green business movement is working. [American Public Media]
93. Early Stage Capital: Get a look at the early stages of entrepreneurship with lawyers and venture capitalists. [MIT]
94. Small Business: You can learn the basics of small business through these lectures. [NYPL]
95. How to Develop "Breakthrough" Products and Services: In these video lectures, you’ll find out how to be more innovative. [MIT]

Marketing

Become a marketing guru through these lectures.

96. Marketing Management: These lectures offer a look at the fundamental concepts of marketing. [MIT]
97. Essentials of Advertising and Marketing: Get an introduction to advertising and marketing from these lectures. [Arizona State University]
98. Special Seminar in Marketing: Marketing Management: Learn about key marketing ideas through these lectures. [MIT]
99. Marketing 321: Learn to make the most of marketing from this course. [Texas A&M]
100. Introduction to Marketing: Use these lectures to get an introduction to the theory and application of marketing. [MIT]