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  • Economics Happy Hour

    Two economists who love economics, beer, and talking about both.

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    Jadrian is an economics educator & researcher at Virginia Tech, author of Parks and Recreation and Economics, and director of the Econ Media Library. Clearly, there's some serious love of all things economics happening.

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    I am Dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business and a Professor of Economics at Susquehanna University. I wrote Broadway and Economics: Economic Lessons from Show Tunes and maintain the websites Broadwayeconomics.com and EconomicsofStarWars.com

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