How the Money Changes Hands (Tenderloin)
In this song, the singer sings how money cycles through the economy from the landlord to the farmer to the grocer to the banker. This is a good example of…
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Molasses to Rum (1776 The Musical)
Thanks to J. Brian O’Roark for creating this video and for the description below. The musical 1776 tells of the battle in the Continental Congress over signing the Declaration of…
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Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
No one does anything like Gaston. He’s the best! (If you doubt it, just ask him!) In this song, we learn about how Gaston is better than anybody else at…
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Gold (Once)
In this love song in Once, “Guy” sings to “Girl”. He wouldn’t trade her for gold. He also discusses what would happen if “your life were gold” with the question,…
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Money, Money, Money (Mamma Mia)
Donna isn’t happy with her life. She thinks she is working too hard for too little money. (Who isn’t!) And she thinks her life will be better if she could…
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Privilege to Pee (Urinetown the Musical)
Thanks to J. Brian O’Roark for creating this video and the description below. The musical Urinetown presents a greedy businessman who deals with a water shortage by instituting a toilet…
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If I Were a Rich Man (Fiddler on the Roof)
Tevye discusses what he would do if he were a rich man. Note that this musical is set in the year 1905. Many people today would find it staggering to…
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Better With a Man (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder)
In this entertaining song, Henry Dysquith and Monty Navarro explain how things are always better with a man. Economists would say that these individuals obtain a higher utility with a man…
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Henry Ford (Ragtime)
Henry Ford was one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time. His success was due in large part to the use of assembly line production, which significantly decreased the costs…
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Impossible (Cinderella)
Cinderella and her Fairy Godmother sing in this song. Initially, the song focuses on what is impossible. Relating this to economics, Cinderella desires a point that is beyond the boundaries…
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