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Otis Redding, "Sittin on the Dock of the Bay"

Useful for resource usage and unemployment.

MicroeconomicsBrian ORoarkSeptember 1, 2020productivity, resource use, unemployment

Thomas Rhett, "Life Changes"

Useful for time preferences and opportunity costs.

MicroeconomicsBrian ORoarkSeptember 1, 2020demand, time preference, opportunity cost

AC/DC, "Money Talks"

Useful for money.

MacroeconomicsBrian ORoarkSeptember 1, 2020money

Cast of Rent, “Santa Fe”

Useful for entrepreneurship, opportunity costs, and specialization.

MicroeconomicsBrian ORoarkSeptember 1, 2020entrepreneurship, Profits, Invisible hand, specialization

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, "Wing$"

Useful for conspicuous consumption.

MicroeconomicsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020monopolistic competition, conspicuous consumption, inelastic demand, advertising, Macklemore

NF, "When I Grow Up"

Useful for marginal productivity, human capital, and wages.

Personal Finance, AP ECON / FoundationsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020marginal productivity, compensation, tournament pay, NF

Cast of The Greatest Showman, "The Other Side"

Useful for risk and status quo bias.

Personal Finance, AP ECON / FoundationsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020gambler's fallacy, risk, opportunity cost, status quo bias, Cast of The Greatest Showman

David Guetta, "Shot Me Down"

Useful for competition.

MicroeconomicsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020competition, first mover advantage, David Guetta

Peter McIsaac, "Rapture"

Useful for opportunity cost and specialization.

AP ECON / FoundationsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020micro v. macro, comparative advantage, Peter McIsaac

Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"

Useful for expected value.

Personal Finance, AP ECON / FoundationsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020risk taking, expected value, Lady Gaga

Coldplay, "Paradise"

Useful for types of goods.

MicroeconomicsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020public goods, club goods, common goods, tragedy of the commons, private property, Coldplay

Panic at the Disco, "High Hopes"

Useful for highlighting econ as a major.

AP ECON / FoundationsDirk MateerFebruary 10, 2020majoring in economics, salaries, Panic at the Disco