Teaching Economics with Media
In behavioral economics we begin to study why people procrastinate. If you are teaching Time inconsistency either in your behavioral section of microeconomics or in a full class on behavioral economics, this is a nice short clip to motivate discussion.
This clip and reference come from James Tierney!
Barney’s girlfriend finds his closet full of suits and gives him an ultimatum. He must choose between a closet of suits that he loves or a beautiful girl. He then breaks out into song about the benefits of both before ultimately making his final decisions.
Thanks for the recommendation Courtney Conrad!
Robin and Ted list all the ways that the upstairs neighbors are being inconsiderate during their “bagpiping.” While enjoying themselves, they are causing a negative externality in the apartment below them and they aren’t considering that when they decide to bagpipe.