Seinfeld and economics : lessons on everything from the show about nothing /
"As the most successful sitcom of all time, the television series Seinfeld provides a rich environment for learning basic economic principles. Chronicling the lives of four close friends - Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer - the show highlights human behavior at its best and its worst. The majo...
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Routledge economics and popular culture
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Table of Contents:
- I Cannot Spare a Square: Scarcity, Trade-Offs, and Opportunity Cost
- Mastering Your Domain: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Incentives
- Ending World Hunger: The Gains from Exchange
- No Soup for You: How Market Structure Alters Your Choices
- Low Flow? I Don't Like the Sound of That: Interference in the Market
- My Rods and Cones are All Screwed Up! Living with Externalities
- I Am Gonna Beat the Hell Out of This Car: Markets with Asymmetric Information
- A Man Without Hand Is Not a Man: Strategic Behavior
- $182 Is Nothing to Sneeze At: Are People Always Rational and Is Rationality the Best Thing?
- Epilogue. You've Read the Book and Yada...Yada...Yada..., You're Now an Economist!
Seinfeld and economics : lessons on everything from the show about nothing /