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ECONOMIC INSTRUCTION

Economics Goes to Hollywood: Using Classic Films and Documentaries to Create an Undergraduate Economics Course

Pages 326-332 | Published online: 25 Mar 2010
 

Abstract

The authors describe an interdisciplinary approach to teaching economics that uses a powerful contemporary medium, the motion picture, to establish the context for teaching elementary economics concepts. The plots and subplots in many films can be used to illustrate problems and issues that are amenable to economic analysis. They suggest how these films can be sequenced to create a general studies course for nonmajors.

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Don Leet

Don Leet is a professor of economics and with the Center for Economic Education, and Scott Houser is a professor of economics. Both are at California State University of Fresno.

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