More is Better (Mean Girls The Musical)
Cady sings that “more is always better,” which is something that is typically assumed in economics. This is not always the case though, as the law of diminishing marginal utility…
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Barbara 2.0 (Beetlejuice)
Barbara and Adam are in their attic looking over their belongings. Barbara first realizes, followed by Adam, that they no longer get the same enjoyment from these as she once…
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Lady Hyacinth Abroad (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder)
Lady Hyancinth Dysquith has a problem. Although this could probably be classified as a “first world problem”. She wants to find a new charity to become involved with. That sounds…
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Bruce (Matilda)
The principle (Miss Trunchbull) discovers that Bruce stole a piece of cake. As punishment, this (sadistic) principal wants Bruce to eat an entire cake. This song illustrates the concepts of…
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Great Big Stuff (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Freddie is asked what he wants – and he doesn’t hesitate to answer. He wants all sorts of things. This would be a good song to play to introduce the…
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Simple Joys (Pippin)
The Singer is describing a couple economic issues in this song. First, despite having power and material wealth, the subject of this song isn’t happy. This song might be good…
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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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