20 Jun 2011

The economics of dating

From Afternoons, 2:11 pm on 20 June 2011

Waikato University's senior lecturer in economics, Dr Michael Cameron, gives his students the option of making a video and uploading it to YouTube rather than doing a written assignment. One video has emerged a winner - it's called The Economics of Dating, and outlines economics concepts like scarcity and choice, competitive markets and opportunity costs through the dating scenario.