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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Apartment

9th - 10th
Entertaining lesson in economics uses a video clip [4:50] from a Seinfeld episode from which economics concepts come alive as we can learn about rent control, rationing mechanisms and price ceilings.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Alternate Side

9th - 10th
Econmics lesson made with humor in a video clip [2:35] from Seinfeld season 3 in which Jerry is frustrated by the car rental company's refusal to honor their agreement and Jerry's subsequent reaction, demonstrating the economics concept...
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Andrea Doria

9th - 10th
Hilarious Seinfeld episode clip [4:28] portrays the economics concept of incentive as Jerry delivers mail for Newman in an effort to help him.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Apartment

9th - 10th
Funny video clip [2:20] of Seinfeld portrays the economics concept of "signaling" and the associated costs.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Baby Shower

9th - 10th
Economics lesson using hilarious clip [2:21] from Seingfeld season 2 episode in which students learn about cost-benefit analysis and the economics of crime in a humorous presentation.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Barber

9th - 10th
Students learn about the economic concept of competition through this funny Seinfeld clip [5:04] in which Jerry gets a bad haircut, but refuses to leave his barber out of loyalty.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Barber

9th - 10th
Lesson on economics concept of cost-benefit analysis and game theory from a hilarious clip [2:20] from Seinfeld episode in which George must decide whether the benefits outweigh the cost in his strategy to find a job.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Big Salad

9th - 10th
Economics lesson for middle to high school and beyond is fun when students learn by watching this video clip [2:43] of Seinfeld from season 6, in which George teaches us about the concepts of utility and altruism.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Econmics of Seinfeld: The Blood

9th - 10th
Video episode [2:35] from Season 9 of Seinfeld which illustrates with outrageous humor the role of financial institutions or some other mediary in saving.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Bottle Deposit

9th - 10th
Hilarious clip [4:32] from Seinfeld episode, season 7, in which students will learn about opportunity cost, variable and fixed cost, and incentive when they decide to use Newman's mail truck to arbitrage empty bottles from New York to...
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Bris

9th - 10th
Video clip [0:39] from Season 5 of Seinfeld in which Jerry explains with humor and wit that in the labor market there is someone who will fill every job.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Economics of Seinfeld: The Cafe

9th - 10th
Clip from Season 3 Seinfeld episode [3:42] in which Jerry convinces Babu to serve Pakistani food in his restaurant and teaches with wit and humor about market structure and monopolistic competition.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

Yada Econ: The Econmics of Jerry Seinfeld: The Cafe

9th - 10th
Video clip [0:38] from Season 3 of Seinfeld in which Jerry talks about business survival and the Bermuda Triangle of business as the location where no business can survive.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Calzone

9th - 10th
Video clip [0:33] from Seinfeld demonstrates the economic concepts of altruism, utility and and incentives when George drops money into the tip jar but the man at the counter isn't looking.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Chaperone

9th - 10th
Seinfeld clip [0:21] in which Jerry's dinner date who is a Miss America contestant, illustrates the economic concepts of scarcity, functions of markets, and zero-sum games with her plan to eradicate world hunger by everyone skipping one...
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Checks

9th - 10th
Very funny clip [0:40] from Seinfeld Season 8 discusses the exchange rate to give students a sense of the what the exchange rate is and the difference between nominal and real exchange rates.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Cheever Letters

9th - 10th
Economics lesson on unintended consequences taught with humor from this Seinfeld video clip [0:44] in which Kramer burns down the cabin of George's new girlfriend.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Cheever Letters

9th - 10th
Hilarious clip [2:53] from Seinfeld season 4 teaches about the black market and gains from exchange when Kramer deals with Cuban cigars.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Chicken Roaster

9th - 10th
Very funny clip [8:16] from Seinfeld season 8 demonstrates the economic concepts of cost-benefit analysis and externality when Kenny Rogers opens a restaurant and Kramer realizes the benefits of the chicken outweighed the cost of the glare.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Chinese Restaurant

9th - 10th
Video clip [3:42] from season 2 of Seifneld demonstrates the economic concepts of rationing mechanism and opportunity costs when Jerry is willing to pay to be seated at the restaurant.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Chinese Restaurant

9th - 10th
Video clip [4:12] from Seinfeld season 2 in which Elaine wonders why restauarant seating isn't allocated based on "level of hunger" demonstrating with humor the economic terms of efficiency and rationing mechanisms.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Chinese Woman

9th - 10th
Funny opening comedy clip [0:40] in which Jerry Seinfeld makes a joke about the Chinese using chopsticks when forks or spoons are available, demonstrating the economic concepts of innovation and change in technology.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Couch

9th - 10th
Funny clip [6:09] from Seinfeld episode demonstrates the economic concepts of substitute product and determinants of demand.
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The Economics of Seinfeld

The Economics of Seinfeld: The Deal

9th - 10th
Very funny Seinfeld episode clip [2:52] from which students learn from Elaine, Jerry and Kramer about the fundamental economic concepts of signaling, utility and deadweight loss of gift giving.