Macheteconomics
Even in a world without law, there’s always an angle to play.
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Economics on Overthinking It
How Much Does an Inception Cost?
How much did Saito pay for the inception in Fischer’s mind? And how much did he stand to gain?
Episode 114: Pareto-Superior Exchange
The Overthinkers tackle The American, Machete, exploitation, economics, and Labor.
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Who best to clean up the oil spill? Fictional criminals.
To the newly unemployed victims of the Gulf oil spill, it must seem like the government simply can’t or won’t help them. Only a team of highly trained criminals with hearts of gold can save the day.
Toward a Juggalo Theory of Value, Part 1
The mad clowns of rap rock are a lot smarter than they let on.
The Musical Talmud: “One Less Lonely Girl” by Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber shows us the path out of America’s recession through auto-tune and baby-faced good looks.
Simpsonomics: Did Homer Help Cause the Financial Crisis?
Twenty years of Simpsons = Twenty years of buildup to the 2008 crash?
Episode 8: Glee: Implications for Behavioral Economics
Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather overthink Glee and Gossip Girl, with detours into the narratology of farce, middlebrow thinking, irrationality and behavorial economics, consequentialism, and intertextuality.
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The Problem With ‘Geniuses’ In Movies
Why do geniuses in movies always seem so … mundane?
The In-Crank-rial Revolution
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in a three-picture deal with points off the domestic gross
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