- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning Clip #2
- Jinn Clip #3
- Clip URL: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=aWw85ZH1e
- Course Classification: Microeconomics.
- Concepts: Negative externality.
- Background: Tomohe’s fiancé was killed by an assassin while working for the Kyoto watch, which dramatically affects her life.
- Question: When Tomohe’s fiancé (Akira Kiyosato) agreed to work for the Kyoto watch, was Tomohe supposed to be implicated? How come Tomohe is indirectly affected by Akira’s activities at work?
- Clip URL: https://criticalcommons.org/view?m=NivnDWGBe
- Content warning: alcohol consumption, blood, domestic violence implied.
- Concepts: Law of diminishing marginal returns, negative externality
- Background: The TV show depicts the consumption of alcohol by teenagers, as well as its related addiction. In this clip, some high schoolers are drinking at Petra’s archeological site. One student is believed to be so intoxicated that he fell off a cliff and died. Yassin’s stepfather is also an alcoholic.
- Question: Using the concept of diminishing returns, can we determine theoretically an optimal quantity of alcohol an individual could drink?