EconPop Podcast
EconPop is the show that sifts through the haystack of popular culture to find the needle of economics within... and then stabs you with it! Hosted by comedian Andrew Heaton, with economist Steven Horwitz and professor of literature Paul Cantor. From EconStories.tv. Also available at http://youtube.com/econstories in shorter form with moving pictures!
Episodes
In this episode of EconPop, Andrew, Paul and Steve discuss the Coen Brother’s 1994 screwball comedy, The Hudsucker Proxy. Subjects include supply and demand, and the minimum wage.
Andrew, Stevew and Paul discuss Paul Verhoeven's 1987 action classic, RoboCop. Subjects include innovation, public goods, and corporate skullduggery.
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss Frank Capra's beloved 1946 fantasy drama, It's a Wonderful Life. Subjects include loans and credit, banking, and FDIC insurance.
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss John Huston’s classic 1948 adventure film, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Subjects include subjective value, Karl Marx’s Labor Theory of Value, and opportunity cost.
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss the 2013 dystopian thriller, Elysium. Subjects include income inequality, innovation, and jobs.
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss the 1986 “slob comedy” classic, Back To School. Subjects include human capital and the "value" of education.
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz, and Paul Cantor discuss the animated hit comedy The LEGO Movie. Subjects include emergent order, creative destruction, and central planning.
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss Pixar Animation Studio’s 2008 science fiction rom-com, WALL-E. Subjects include scarcity, private property, and t...
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz, and Paul Cantor discuss Ivan Reitman's classic paranormal comedy Ghostbusters. Subjects include entrepreneurship, subjective value, regulatory interference, and ectoplasm
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss the Emmy award-winning Netflix original series Read more
Andrew Heaton, Steve Horwitz and Paul Cantor discuss the economics of Academy Award winner Dallas Buyers Club. Subjects include public health and safety regulations, crony capitalism and the role of regulatory capture, the emergence of b...
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