The Economics of Seinfeld

The Pledge Drive

Elaine’s boss eats a candy bar with a fork and knife. Soon, everyone is doing it. The utility they get from eating this way depends on the number of other people doing it; they’d likely never do it if everyone else wasn’t.

Concepts: bandwagon effect

Source: Seinfeld

Season: 6

Disc: 1

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