Economics in the Movies (with Access Card)

by Mateer, G. Dirk

• ISBN13: 9780324302615
• ISBN10: 0324302614
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-21
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

This collection of twenty film scenes highlights many important economic principles, theories, and concepts. Specially designed as astudent workbook to accompany any Thomson/South-Western principles of economics textbook, it will help students learn core economicideas through popular film. This format addresses the trend of the 'edutainment' approach to teaching that many instructors believe isnecessary to keep students interested.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction	1	(2)
Film Scenes for Learning Economic Principles, Theories, and Concepts	3	(2)
Opportunity Cost
The Family Man	5	(2)
Gains from Exchange
Out of Sight	7	(2)
The Great Depression
Seabiscuit	9	(2)
Growth & Prosperity
The Man Who Wasn't There	11	(2)
Money as a Medium of Exchange
Waterworld	13	(2)
Unemployment
Reality Bites	15	(2)
Inflation
The Major and the Minor	17	(2)
Banking System
It's a Wonderful Life	19	(2)
Measuring Economic Performance
Traffic	21	(2)
Comparative Advantage
Babe	23	(2)
Intertemporal Time Management
About a Boy	25	(2)
Consumer Choice
The Meaning of Life	27	(2)
Monopoly
Being John Malkovich	29	(2)
Asymmetric Information
Intolerable Cruelty	31	(2)
Efficiency
Along Came Polly	33	(2)
Game Theory
In the Name of the Father	35	(2)
Unions
Bread & Roses	37	(2)
Income
Parenthood	39	(2)
Environmental Economics
Erin Brockovich	41	(2)
Auctions
The River	43	(2)
Bibliography	45	(2)
Index	47