Economics at the Movies - Austin Powers and Inflation
Saturday, October 23, 2010
by Geoff Riley
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Inflation from Austin Powers - in this scene, Dr Evil has just woken up from being cryogenically frozen 30 years previously and is demanding a ransom price for not releasing a nuclear warhead
Categories: Teaching of Economics Economics at the Movies
Tags: inflation, price, economics movies, austin powers
Tags: inflation, price, economics movies, austin powers
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