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A fresh and exciting resource for teaching and learning economics using pop culture! Managed by @Wootenomics. DMs open for recommendations & submissions

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Income and capital investments help explain why some countries have longer lifespans. Ricky Bobby can also explain it with a dash of humor. Thanks to @causalinf for the clip recommendation! econ.video/2024/12/29/tallad…
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The best nonfiction books I read in 2024: 1️⃣ Ice [@ingredient_x] 2️⃣ Democracy Awakening [@hc_richardson] 3️⃣ The Two-Parent Privilege [@kearney_melissa] 4️⃣ The Year That Broke America [@riceid] 5️⃣ Thanks A Thousand [@ajjacobs] What were your favorites? mondayeconomist.com/p/books-…
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What do roommates, Wicked, and economics have in common? 💚🩷 Glinda and Elphaba’s unlikely friendship in Wicked shows how peers influence each other’s success. mondayeconomist.com/p/are-pe…
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Explore how the Academy Award-winning film CODA can enhance teaching through social entrepreneurship. Now available in the Online First section, @samrstaley offers a curriculum framework that integrates core economics with cultural references. 🔗: journalofeconomicsteaching.o…
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Are you one of @MrBeast's 260+ million subscribers? We bet your students are! New work from @WayneGeerling, @DirkMateer, & @Wootenomics will help you use MrBeast's viral videos to teach your students about scarcity, opportunity cost, & more. Learn more: doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/…
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We've tallied the votes, and you'll want to check out this paper if you teach game theory! Discover how scenes from Survivor (@survivorcbs) can spice up your game theory lessons thanks to these @UDubuque professors! 🏝️ Learn more: doi.org/10.58311/jeconteach/…
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🚨 NEW ISSUE OUT NOW 🚨 Over the next few days, we'll highlight papers on: 🔄 Flipped classrooms 🏝️ Survivor 📹 MrBeast 📑 Teaching w/ journal articles 🛶 A first-day activity Explore them now at: journalofeconomicsteaching.o… #TeachEcon #EconTwitter
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Thread 🧵incoming… I asked my students in my new Economics of Aging course at BC to make TikTok-style videos explaining their empirical term papers in creative ways using terms everyone could understand. And boy did they deliver!
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Here is a brand new episode of EconMovies using the 1993 summer blockbuster, Jurassic Park youtu.be/ube_rg8mn1U?si=1Ohb…
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My hope is that this clip will haunt my student's dreams every night after we watch it and help them remember the basics of comparative advantage 😅. I'll update after we finish the international trade unit...
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Taylor Swift has generated an estimated $331.5 million in brand value for the NFL, but will it last? This week's post looks at "The Swift Effect" on the intensive and extensive margins of football fandom & spending. mondayeconomist.com/p/the-sw…
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Prices up & revenues are down?
General Mills is looking to shift gears after the company’s CEO shared that sales are down because Consumers are showing “stronger than anticipated value-seeking behavior.” audacy.com/knxnews/news/nati…
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Hypothetically- if a co-author and I released a multi-part short article series about how The Mummy (1999) is the perfect movie for teaching about Public Choice and Game Theory, would anyone read it? Including an article on credentialing and licensure to stay on brand, obviously.
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If you don't read the newest issue of Monday Morning Economist, you'll be what the French call 'les incompetents.' Chris Clark (@EconChrisClarke) and I teamed up to determine a more accurate measure of how much grocery prices have changed since 1990! mondayeconomist.com/p/home-a…
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Last week, Netflix shipped its last DVD. In the late '90s & early 2000s, Blockbuster was the king of movie rentals. But then, @Netflix stole the show.🍿 What economic concept helped them dominate DVD rentals without a serious rival? Perhaps they were a natural monopoly... 🧵
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Here it is! A brand new episode of EconMovies. Just in time for #EconEdMonth youtu.be/UXwV1Fn0ghE?si=MWcD… @CouncilEconEd @Georgiaecon @EconMedia @MiltonAPEcon @econiful
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