The Tony Awards air on June 16th and the nominations are out. In honor of the Tony Awards (and because I love both Broadway shows and economics), over the next month I’ll be dropping a lot more content highlighting economic lessons from Broadway both here and on my YouTube channel. In the meantime, here are several lessons I’ve previously published.
As those who are regular readers know, I love teaching economics using pop culture. Musicals might be the best, however, for teaching economics. Musicals tell engaging stories through songs and many of these stories are rich with economic concepts. Here are just a few examples, and I will be dropping many more over the next four weeks.
Songs that share the economic lessons while you listen/watch
For these first two videos, I’m not discussing the lessons, but created the backgrounds so you can learn from the songs while you listen or watch. More of these will drop soon.
My House from Matilda the Musical
Cabinet Battle #1 from Hamilton the Musical
Short Clips from shows with longer explanations
For these next videos, I play excerpts of the song and then explain the economic lessons found within