Seinfeld and Economics by Linda S. Ghent

'Airing your dirty laundry: A quick marketable pollution permits game for the classroom.' The Journal of Economic Education 46, no. Caviglia-Harris, Jill L., and Richard T.'Introducing undergraduates to economics in an interdisciplinary setting.' The Journal of Economic Education 34, no. 'Teaching environmental economics.' The Journal of Economic Education 4, no. 'For want of a chair: teaching price formation using a cap and trade game.' Journal of Economic Education 51, no. Fenichel, Alexander Gordan, and Patrick Gourley. 'Games economists play: A survey of non‐computerized classroom‐games for college economics.' Journal of Economic Surveys 15, no. 'Using contingent valuation with undergraduate students to elicit a community's preferences for wind farm development.' Applied Economics Letters 17, no. Boulatoff, Catherine, and Carol Boyer.'Eelgrass Restoration in San Francisco Bay: An Interdisciplinary Stated Preference Classroom Experiment.' Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 8, no. Andrews, Thomas, “A Contingent Valuation Survey of Improved Water Quality in the Brandywine River: An Example of Applied Economics in the Classroom,' Pennsylvania Economic Review, 10:1, 2001, pp.

'The paper river revisited: A common property externality exercise.' The Journal of Economic Education 33, no.

The Journal of Economic Education, 37(2), 187-201. Tradable discharge permits: A student-friendly game. 'Choosing winners and losers in a classroom permit trading game.' Southern Economic Journal (2000): 212-219. 'Hedonic prices and equilibrium sorting in housing markets: A classroom simulation.' National Tax Journal 70, no. 'Experience with scripted role play in environmental economics.' The Journal of Economic Education 30, no. Ghent is Professor of Economics at Eastern Illinois University, USA. It is an ideal supplement for all economics classes. Written in a light-hearted and conversational style, this book is a must read for fans of Seinfeld and anyone who wants to learn something from 'the show about nothing,'. These principles are then applied to other real-world situations, arming readers with the tools needed to make better economic decisions. Each chapter in this book explores one or more key economic concepts typically and relates them to key scenes from the show. Those decisions are at the heart of economics. The major characters paint themselves as some of the most self-interested individuals in all of popular culture, and are faced with dilemmas that force them to make decisions. Chronicling the lives of four close friends - Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer - the show highlights human behavior at its best and its worst.

Summary: 'As the most successful sitcom of all time, the television series Seinfeld provides a rich environment for learning basic economic principles.

Seinfeld and Economics by Linda S. Ghent