Pop Culture & Economics with Dr. Matthew Rousu
Matthew RousuThe goal of Econtastic is to make economics content relatable and fun. I teach economics and business concepts - often using pop culture references - to make complex topics more understandable.
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What Does The Office Teach Us About Personal Finance?
Michael Scott from The Office is a fantastic person to learn economics and personal finance from. (Largely because he makes so many mistakes!) In the season four episode, Money, Michael is clearly having a lot of personal finance issues, as...
The Genius Trick That Won a War: Game Theory in the Musical Operation Mincemeat
In World War II, Germany was dominating early and held mainland Europe. The Allies were looking to invade but also wanted to have as few Germans set up defending their specific landing spot as possible. How did they do this? That’s the subj...
Business and Economics Book Recommendations
Are you looking for an extra book to add to your summer reading list? Here are four business and economics books I recommend. Note - none are 2026 releases but all provide great insights that make them worth reading.
The Simple Path to...
How Can You Turn $1 into a Fortune?
One of the best demonstrations of compound interest in pop culture comes from the animated TV show Futurama.
In one episode, Philip J. Fry discovers that the $0.93 he left in his bank account before being accidentally frozen for 1,000 year...
Economic Lessons from the Mandalorian
The Star Wars Universe provides many economic lessons including from the Disney TV show, The Mandalorian. In honor of The Mandalorian and Grogu dropping this weekend, here are a few videos that can help you learn economics.
The three clip...
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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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