Archive - Econtastic with Dr. Matthew Rousu

Living for the Moment: What does the Rosé and Bruno Mars Hit Song APT. Teach Us About Discounting?

Economic Lessons are Everywhere!

11 hrs ago •

July 2025

Can ChatGPT Solve Coordination Games? Game Theory Meets AI in the Classroom

Can AI Solve Game Theory Problems?

Jul 30 •

How Poker Skills Teach Entrepreneurship

Top poker players are entrepreneurial and we can learn from them

Jul 3 •

June 2025

May 2025

Gains from Trade in The Last of Us

How does trade still help the richest people in the world?

May 26 •

Game Theory in HBO's The Last of Us

A lot of game theory with a lot of decisions are driven by spite

May 13 •

Are We Seeing Communism in The Last of Us?

A look at government actions and failures in the HBO TV show

May 8 •

Economic Lessons from Broadway

The Great Gatsby and Merrily We Roll Along teach tradeoffs, entrepreneurship, and more

May 5 •

April 2025

Can ChatGPT and Other AI Models Replace Human Bidders in Auctions?

We put it to the test in my latest research project

Apr 21 •

What is the Value of a Vaccine?

Examining a vaccine's value from TV's The Last of Us

Apr 16 •

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