This is one of the better “lyrics” music videos made by a YouTube user for Brad Paisley’s American Saturday Night. I use this song as my pre-class music for the international trade chapter. I use this as an introduction to start talking about why we have preferences for items from certain regions of the world and why we don’t just make them all here?
Human Powered Ferris Wheel
I use this in my international trade chapter to talk about factor endowments. Countries with a a lot of people (like India and China) will tend to do things using more labor than others.
Freakonomics: An Unlikely Job Change
Stephen Dubner interviews a young woman who had a big career change, and went from earning about $70k a year as a computer programmer to more than four times that while working fewer hours
ABC News: Are Keys to a Happy Marriage in Your Wallet?
Author of “Spousonomics” says the secret is a life of economic analysis.
King of the Hill — The Best of US and Canada
Hank and Gordon get into a debate on the merits of each country. They go on to discuss different comparative advantages of their home countries. Both Canada and the United States likely have enough resources to produce all of the items they mention, but they benefit from trade when they specialize in their comparative advantage.