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"Beanie Mania"

When products are the stars of Hollywood films

by Ellen Rolfes
Aug 21, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #162
"The Beanie Bubble," starring Zach Galifianakis as Ty Warner, is the most recent film to take on the story of the investment frenzy that grew around these stuffed animals.
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"Beanie Mania"

Meet the "Beanie Meanie"

by Ellen Rolfes
Aug 14, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #161
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"Beanie Mania"

Why the Beanie Baby bubble burst

by David Brancaccio , Alex Schroeder and Erika Soderstrom
Aug 10, 2023
According to the "Beanie Meanie," a collectibles and antiques expert who was skeptical of the craze all along.
At the height of the Beanie Baby craze, people were making average profits of 500%. Then, as with all investment bubbles, came a crash.
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"Beanie Mania"

Remember when Beanie Babies were valuable?

by David Brancaccio
Aug 7, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #160
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"Her"

Creating "humanlike minds"

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Jul 31, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #159
World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov, right, pauses before making his first move in a game against the IBM Deep Blue computer in New York in 1997.
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"Her"

Unconventional love

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 24, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #158
This is the closest Theodore Twombly gets to seeing Samantha, an artificial intelligence operating system in the movie “Her.”
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"Her"

De-teching the future

by Meghan McCarty Carino , Rosie Hughes and Jesús Alvarado
Jul 17, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #157
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"Her"

The beautiful, uncanny future of “Her”

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 10, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #156
“Her,” written and directed by Spike Jonze, came out 10 years ago this fall.
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Help us pick our next film for “Econ Extra Credit”

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Jul 5, 2023
Each month, “Econ Extra Credit” picks a film to watch together, and digs deep into the economic takeaways. What documentary or feature film should we watch next?
Moviegoers are looking for an experience beyond sitting quietly in a dark theater, says author Joanna Robinson.
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"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"

Art as commodity versus art as protest

by Ellen Rolfes
Jun 24, 2023
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #155
Artist Nan Goldin lies on the ground in a "die-in" protest at a museum.
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