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This playlist contains clips that cover various economic concepts.

Seinfeld: Miss America Contestant

00:00 - 00:36

36s

While at dinner, Kramer asks a Miss America contestant what she would do to make the world a better place. She says that she would try to end world hunger. "If everyone ate one meal less, there would be enough food to feed the world." Jerry says that's one "helluva plan." This is an example of unsound economic reasoning: the misconception that for others to have more, we must take less.

Clips

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The Simpsons: Homer's Grease Business thumbnail

The Simpsons: Homer's Grease Business

Homer stops by Apu's convenience store to buy "the usual" and learns that he can sell grease. He ...

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Back to School: Economics 101 thumbnail

Back to School: Economics 101

In this humorous example showcasing the gap between the "real world" and theory, Thornton Melon c...

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Parks and Recreation: Soda Sizes thumbnail

Parks and Recreation: Soda Sizes

Many of the local restaurants in the Pawnee Restaurant Association have increased the size of the...

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Seinfeld: The Soup Nazi thumbnail

Seinfeld: The Soup Nazi

George orders soup from the Soup Nazi's shop and isn't given any bread. When he asks for bread, h...

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Secret Millionaires Club: Opportunity Cost thumbnail

Secret Millionaires Club: Opportunity Cost

This clip demonstrates the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is...

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The Big Bang Theory: Clothes Donation thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Clothes Donation

Penny, Amy, and Bernadette go to a clothes donation bin to donate some of Penny's clothes and are...

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DuckTales (1987): Multiphonic Duplicator thumbnail

DuckTales (1987): Multiphonic Duplicator

When Hewey, Dewey, and Louie Duck witness Gyro Gearloose's new invention, the Multiphonic Duplica...

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The Wire: What Are The Options? thumbnail

The Wire: What Are The Options?

Stringer discusses with Mr. Lucas a company's options when it is operating in a competitive marke...

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Leave It to Beaver: Stocks and Bonds thumbnail

Leave It to Beaver: Stocks and Bonds

Beaver and his brother are given an introduction to the world of stocks and bonds by their parent...

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Mr. Bucket Loses His Job thumbnail

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Mr. Bucket Loses His Job

Charlie's father gets laid off from his job because a new robot at the toothpaste factory can per...

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Seinfeld: Black Market Showerhead thumbnail

Seinfeld: Black Market Showerhead

The landlord changes the showerheads in all of the apartments, leaving Kramer, Jerry, and Newman ...

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The Simpsons: Nuclear Power Plant Inspection thumbnail

The Simpsons: Nuclear Power Plant Inspection

Government inspectors visit Mr. Burns' nuclear facility and find him in violation of hundreds of ...

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Seinfeld: George's Uncertain Interview thumbnail

Seinfeld: George's Uncertain Interview

George does very well in a job interview but is not told whether or not he is employed because hi...

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Secret Millionaires Club: The Domino Effect thumbnail

Secret Millionaires Club: The Domino Effect

Mr. Fellman's store is at risk of going out of business, so Mr. Buffett explains how the closing ...

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The Wire: We Got an Elastic Product thumbnail

The Wire: We Got an Elastic Product

Stringer Bell learns about product elasticity and then explains it to the gangsters he is in busi...

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Scrooge McDuck and Money: Scrooge McDuck Explains Money thumbnail

Scrooge McDuck and Money: Scrooge McDuck Explains Money

Uncle Scrooge explains the early forms of currency and how it has evolved over time.

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Seinfeld: Miss America Contestant thumbnail

Seinfeld: Miss America Contestant

While at dinner, Kramer asks a Miss America contestant what she would do to make the world a bett...

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The Office: Company Garage Sale thumbnail

The Office: Company Garage Sale

The office holds a garage sale, and Dwight sets a goal to trade his way up from a thumbtack to th...

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It's a Wonderful Life: Potter's Offer thumbnail

It's a Wonderful Life: Potter's Offer

A very attractive job offer is proposed by Mr. Potter, and George is conflicted on whether or not...

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Secret Millionaires Club: The High Cost of Demand thumbnail

Secret Millionaires Club: The High Cost of Demand

When a product is in high demand, a manufacturer is obligated to charge a little more to pay back...

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Secret Millionaires Club: The Big Trade-Off thumbnail

Secret Millionaires Club: The Big Trade-Off

The Secret Millionaires Club learns how to take less of one thing in order to get more of somethi...

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Schoolhouse Rock!: Tax Man Max thumbnail

Schoolhouse Rock!: Tax Man Max

Describes what taxes are and what they are used for. This music video also mentions the different...

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The Big Bang Theory: Outsourcing a Date thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Outsourcing a Date

Sheldon has a contractual obligation in his relationship with Amy, and he tries to outsource one ...

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The Big Bang Theory: We're Going to Olive Garden thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: We're Going to Olive Garden

Howard calls Stephanie to update her on their dinner plans, and Howard's mother wants to go to Ol...

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Secret Millionaires Club: Lawn and Order thumbnail

Secret Millionaires Club: Lawn and Order

The Secret Millionaires Club explore why saving money is so important and help their friend expan...

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Saturday Night Live: Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford thumbnail

Saturday Night Live: Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

A man gives advice to a couple struggling with credit card debt. He suggests that they do not buy...

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DuckTales (1987): Multiphonic Duplicator thumbnail

DuckTales (1987): Multiphonic Duplicator

When Hewey, Dewey, and Louie Duck witness Gyro Gearloose's new invention, the Multiphonic Duplica...

30

Teen Titans Go!: The Sharing Economy thumbnail

Teen Titans Go!: The Sharing Economy

Robin explains the sharing economy to the rest of the Teen Titans, as they are unfamiliar with it...

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Beakman's World: All About Money thumbnail

Beakman's World: All About Money

Beakman explains the history of money and how it started with bartering. He then goes on to expla...

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Stranger Than Fiction: Tax Man Audit thumbnail

Stranger Than Fiction: Tax Man Audit

Harold, a tax auditor, visits Miss Pascal at her store to audit her because she paid only 78% of ...

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The Big Short: Selena Gomez Teachers CDOs Scene thumbnail

The Big Short: Selena Gomez Teachers CDOs Scene

Selena teaches how CDO's can lead to synthetic CDO's and transforms investments into billions of ...

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The Great Debaters: The Time for Justice thumbnail

The Great Debaters: The Time for Justice

The plot of The Great Debaters revolves around the efforts of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson at a ...

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The Big Bang Theory: Pictionary thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Pictionary

Sheldon and Leonard are on a team against Amy and Penny in a game of Pictionary. During one round...

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The Big Bang Theory: Sale on Jewelry thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Sale on Jewelry

Amy is mad at Sheldon, and he goes to the jewelry store with Penny to buy Amy something. Sheldon ...

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The Big Bang Theory: Shoes as a Normal Good thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Shoes as a Normal Good

When Sheldon alerts Penny that she'll earn over $3,000 for a single night of work, she imemdiatel...

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Numb3rs: Prisoner's Dilemma Example thumbnail

Numb3rs: Prisoner's Dilemma Example

Charlie and Don try to make the three suspects talk using the prisoner's dilemma. They convince o...

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Golden Balls: Split or Steal? thumbnail

Golden Balls: Split or Steal?

Two contestants, Steven and Sarah, are competing for a jackpot of £100,150. The show host explain...

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Seinfeld: The Pakistani Food thumbnail

Seinfeld: The Pakistani Food

Jerry convinces Babu to serve Pakistani food—he'll be the only Pakistani restaurant in the neighb...

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Matilda: What Was My Profit For the Day? thumbnail

Matilda: What Was My Profit For the Day?

After a successful day of selling cars, Mr. Wormwood shares the cost of the three cars and the am...

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The Big Bang Theory: Cats: An Economic Bad thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Cats: An Economic Bad

Sheldon buys a bunch of cats to cope with his break-up with Amy. He must pay $20 to get people to...

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The Big Bang Theory: Stealing from the Charity Bin thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Stealing from the Charity Bin

Penny, alongside Amy and Bernadette, went to a clothes donation box to donate some of Penny's old...

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Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Conserve Your Resources thumbnail

Captain Planet and the Planeteers: Conserve Your Resources

The Planeteers explains how much the world's economy depends on fossil fuels. It is important to ...

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NBC News Learn: Measuring Unemployment thumbnail

NBC News Learn: Measuring Unemployment

The narrator explains what unemployment is. She also lists the four different types of unemployme...

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Boom Bust Boom: Keynes vs. Hayek thumbnail

Boom Bust Boom: Keynes vs. Hayek

In Fear the Boom and Bust, John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek, come back to life to attend an ec...

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Crash Course: Economics: Exchange Rates thumbnail

Crash Course: Economics: Exchange Rates

Jacob and Adriene explain how exchange rates affect the greater macroeconomic climate through imp...

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The Big Bang Theory: Going To Penny's Play thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Going To Penny's Play

After Penny helps Sheldon with his show, Amy tells him to demonstrate appreciation for her help. ...

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The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Doesn't Gift thumbnail

The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Doesn't Gift

Raj and Howard show Penny the gifts they bought Leonard for his birthday. Penny asks Sheldon why ...

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Crash Course: Statistics: Statistics and the Great Recession thumbnail

Crash Course: Statistics: Statistics and the Great Recession

Explains how statisticians failed to detect the 2008 Financial Crisis.

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The Hudsucker Proxy: Hula Hoop Demand Skyrockets thumbnail

The Hudsucker Proxy: Hula Hoop Demand Skyrockets

A seller of hula hoops finds that no one is purchasing his items, so he lowers the price in an at...