Educators of economics have increasingly embraced the use of popular culture as a teaching resource to enhance their lectures. The use of television show, music and media clips presumably makes economic theories, concepts and terms more relevant to today's students. For example, shows like The...

ABC's “Shark Tank” fan base is rapidly growing beyond its TV audience. Teachers are beginning to discover its attraction for students and application to the classroom. Assignments and simulations based on the show engage students and make the concepts memorable. We help navigate five seasons...

"In the light of the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, this book is essential reading, providing valuable insight into teaching economics both online and in a hybrid format. Diverse in scope, Teaching Economics Online combines past experience with innovative ideas on how to design...

As shown by Tversky and Kahneman (1991), framing an outcome as a loss causes individuals to expend extra effort to avoid that outcome. Since classroom performance is a function of student effort in search of a higher grade, we seek to use loss aversion to encourage student effort. This field...