The Reason Elysium Isn't A Glimpse Into the Future

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- EconPop isn't your average pop-culture review show. EconPop uses humor to examine how popular films portray economic ideas such as income inequality, price controls, and supply and demand. This week's episode covers The Economics of Elysium.

EconPop host and MPI comedian Andrew Heaton gives the top reason Elysium is not a glimpse into the future:

You don't become rich by making others poor. In Elysium, characters either live in impoverished slums on a sepia-toned Earth or in a luxurious space station above the clouds. In the real world there's not a fixed amount of wealth to go around. Innovators create wealth by making new products that improve peoples' lives. New technologies increase the supply of goods and services – making things, like computers and smart phones, more available. Watch the episode for more.

EconPop is made in association with the Moving Picture Institute (MPI) and Emergent Order (EO). The show airs every month on the EconStories YouTube channel. Previous episodes have covered Back to School, The LEGO Movie, WALL-E, Ghostbusters, Dallas Buyers Club, and House of Cards. Each episode is accompanied by in-depth, audio podcasts featuring EconPop host Andrew Heaton and scholars such as literature professor Paul Cantor and economist Steve Horwitz.

ABOUT ECONSTORIES: EconStories connects great economics with new audiences through storytelling and entertainment. Founded by John Papola (CEO of Emergent Order, the creative agency that produces EconStories) and Russ Roberts (John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution), EconStories' first two rap videos, Fear the Boom & Bust and Fight of the Century, have been seen by millions.  John Papola is an award-winning writer, producer, and director with more than a decade of experience in broadcast television with MTV, Nickelodeon and Spike TV.

ABOUT THE MOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE: The Moving Picture Institute (MPI) is a charitable and educational tax-exempt foundation that promotes freedom through film, comedy, and online media. It does so by developing its own media content in-house, and supporting filmmakers at every phase of their careers. MPI films win awards, appear in theaters and on television, and have drawn praise from the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and more.

Audrey Mullen
Moving Picture Institute
[email protected]

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SOURCE The Moving Picture Institute (MPI)

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