EconStories

EconPop is the YouTube series that sifts through the haystack of popular culture to find the needle of economics within... and then stabs you with it!

Starring comedian Andrew Heaton, EconPop takes a surprisingly deep look at the economic themes running through classic films, new releases, tv shows and more from the best of pop culture and entertainment. Heaton brings a unique mix of dry wit and whimsy to bear on the dismal science of economics and the result is always entertaining, educational and irreverent. It's Econ 101 meets At The Movies, with a dash of Monty Python.

Love Gov is the story of an independent, fun-loving, young woman, Alexis, and her boyfriend, Scott "Gov" Govinski, who is always there to help. Always.

Each of the Love Gov series’ five episodes follows Alexis’s relationship with “Gov” as his intrusions and interventions wreak (hilarious) havoc on her life, professionally, financially, and socially. “Gov” inadvertently creates excessive student loan debt, expensive housing, underemployment, inadequate and expensive healthcare, and commits personal privacy violations. Alexis’s loyal friend Libby tries to help her see “Gov” for what he really is — a menace. But will Alexis come to her senses in time? Tune in to find out!

The Love Gov video series also connects with the MyGovCost mobile app, that enables users to estimate their lifetime federal tax liability and amounts that users would have earned had their federal taxes been instead privately invested.

Independent Institute Links:
APP: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mygovcost-government-cost...
FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/independentinstitute
TWITTER! http://twitter.com/independentinst
WEBSITE: http://www.independent.org/lovegov/

A Project of Independent Institute: http://independent.org

Created by Emergent Order: http://emergentorder.com

CREDITS-
Executive Producers: David J. Theroux and John Papola
Producers: Marshall Walker Lee and Michele Roi
Writers: Marshall Walker Lee and Frank Fleming
Story by: Lisa Versaci
Directors: John Papola and Bradley Jackson
Director of Photography: Ryan Hunts
Editors: Andrew Orsak, Ryan Hunts, and Joshua Meyers
Production Assistants: Canyon Darcy, Ellen Bartling, and Frank Fleming
Original Music: Layng Martine III
Sound Mixing: Eric Friend
Digital Strategy: Weston Woodward
Starring: Jonathan Flanders (Gov), Kira Pozehl (Alexis), Kaci Beeler (Libby)

Special Thanks: Robert Ade, Martin Buerger, Kim Cloidt, Carl Close, Gail Saari, Mary Theroux, Paul Theroux, and Rick Theroux.