The Economics of Castaway

Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/econstories If you enjoy this, watch this episode next: https://youtu.be/oCPct3CSLa8 In this episode of EconPop, Andrew discusses Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis' modern re-telling of Robinson Crusoe. Subjects include specialization, Leonard Read, and daiquiris. EconPop is the YouTube series that sifts through the haystack of popular culture to find the needle of economics within...

Castaway is the heart-warming story about a dedicated FedEx employee striving against all odds to ultimately deliver his packages and finish his assignment, even after getting marooned on an island for several years. It also features the brilliant Morgan Friedman as “Wilson the volleyball.” In this episode of EconPop we discuss: specialization.