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Winter 2018

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 33, Number 4

Using Show Tunes to Teach about Free (and Not-So-Free) Markets

Matthew C. Rousu, Susquehanna University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise33(4),2018,111–128EDUCATIONALNOTEUsingShowTunestoTeachaboutFree(andNot-So-Free)MarketsMatthewC.Rousu∗SusquehannaUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractSongsfrommusicalstellstories,andmanyofthesestoriesrelatetoeconomicconcepts.Idescribehowinstructorscanusenineteenshowtunestoteachstudentsaboutthebenefitsoffreemarketsandthecostswhengovernmentsattempttorestrictmarkets.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A21,A22,P1,P2Keywords:Broadway,showtunes,freemarkets,capitalism,interventionism,communism,discriminationI.IntroductionManyeconomicsinstructorsareusingpopculturetohelpeducatestudents(BeckerandWatts1996,2001;Becker,Becker,andWatts2006;WattsandSchaur2011).Thesenontraditionalmethodsincludeteachingeconomicsfromworksofart(WattsandChristopher2012;Al-Bahranietal.2016),historicalnovels(CottiandJohnson2012),movies(Mateer,O’Roark,andHolder2016;MateerandStephenson2011),televisionseries(Kuester,Mateer,andYouderian2014;KuesterandMateer2018;Ghent,Grant,andLesica2010;GillisandHall2010;Hall2005),andsocialmedia(Al-BahraniandPatel2015).Byincorporatingthesemethods,educatorsareattemptingtobetterreachstudentswithexamplesthatmayresonatemorethansometextbooklessonsdo.Economistshavebeenusingmusictoteachformanyyears.Thefirstscholarlyarticleinaneconomicsjournaltodiscussthebenefitsofmusicasateachingtoolwaspublishedin2000byTinariandKhandke.Theylistdozensofsongsthatcouldbeusedtoteach∗ThankstoCourtneyConradforvaluableresearchassistance.

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Title	Using Show Tunes to Teach about Free (and Not-So-Free) Markets
Authors/Creators:	Matthew C. Rousu, Susquehanna University
Year:	2018
Volume:	33
Number:	4
Pages:	111 - 128
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Educational Notes
Keywords:	Broadway, show tunes, free markets, capitalism, interventionism, communism, discrimination

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Rousu, Matthew C. / 2018. "Using Show Tunes to Teach about Free (and Not-So-Free) Markets." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 33(4): 111-128.