Many instructors find it challenging to teach auction theory in a traditional way due to the highly technical and abstract nature of the topic. Therefore, this […]
This article presents a pedagogical approach to teaching microeconomic production theory using selected episodes from The Big Bang Theory. Centered on the fictional collaboration between Sheldon, […]
This paper presents quick and easy references to lyrics from Taylor Swift’s songs to assist in teaching topics found in introductory economics courses. We share lyrics […]
Teaching externalities is challenging due to their abstract nature and students’ difficulty grasping market failure and corrective policies. In this paper, we present a novel way […]
This lesson uses a real-world example of price-fixing with a product that almost all students are familiar with to demonstrate the effects of market concentration and […]
Some economists favor expanding coverage of inequality and economic history in principles classes. We argue that the production possibilities frontier (PPF) – a standard principles model […]
