My Personal Property (Sweet Charity)
Charity is singing about how New York City is like her own personal property. We use this to explore the benefits of property rights and the tragedy of the commons.
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It Sucks to Be Me (Avenue Q)
The humans and monsters who live on Avenue Q sing about their lives, and in it there are a lessons on unemployment, the economics of beauty, immigration, and more!
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Fabulous (High School Musical 2)
Sharpay Evans and her entourage sing of their luxurious lives as summer approaches. Though their lives are ‘fabulous,’ how did they become rich and what can countries do to own…
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Santa Fe (Newsies)
Jack sings of the clean air in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Clean air, among many other things not mentioned in the clip, is considered a public good – this website…
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I Want the Good Times Back (The Little Mermaid)
Ursella is trying to decide how she is to reclaim ownership of the sea from her brother. In order to develop a plan, she thinks like an economist, using backward…
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All About the Green (The Wedding Singer)
What does it take to be successful? That’s the discussion that Glen and Robbie are having about their futures. They discuss many topics and events happening in 1985, when the…
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Welcome to Nowhere (The Band’s Visit)
When a band in arrives in the wrong Israeli city (fictional Bet Hatikva, with a “B” instead of real Petah Tikva, with a “P”), they soon discover the differences between…
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Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher (Billy Elliot)
Through the entire 1980’s, Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister in the United Kingdom (from 1979 to 1990 to be exact) and Conservative Party leader from 1975-1990. During her tenure…
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This Was a Real Nice Clambake (Carousel)
The problems of 1945 America were understandably different than they are today. Have you ever thought of just how different they are, though? This clip discusses economic problems of 100…
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Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)
We all know that a “Spoonful of Sugar” helps the medicine go down; however, have you ever thought about why is it exactly a spoonful (why not more or less)?…
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