Economic Rockstar

116: Brian O'Roark on The Economics of Superheroes and The Hunger Games

12.16.2016 - By Frank Conway - Economics and Finance Lecturer - interviews Dan Ariely, DeirPlay

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Brian O’Roark is University Professor of Economics at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. He is the Co-Director of the Robert Morris Center for Economics Education and has a Ph.D. from George Mason University. In 2014, Brian was given the Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award by the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration. He teaches the Survey of Economics course, and Principles of Micro and Macro Economics. Brian is the co-author of The Ultimate Guide to Teaching Essentials of Economics where hundreds of teaching tips is compiled into one essential, thoughtfully designed teaching resource making it easy for new instructors to incorporate best teaching practices into their courses and for veteran teachers to find inspiration to enliven their lectures. Professor O’Roark has integrated economic content in songs with many topics being covered in the music videos available at  http://www.criticalcommons.org/author/oroark. To me Brian has become synonymous with superheroes and I could be forgiven for calling him Super Econ Man. Check out the show notes page for all the links, books and resources mentioned by Professor O'Roark at www.economicrockstar.com/brianoroark

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