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G. Dirk Mateer

@dirkmateer

Director of the PPE Minor and Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. Believer. Trying to live simply in a busy world.

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Want your students to understand trade-offs? This one-minute video will resonate with all the gamers in your course! #teachecon youtube.com/watch?v=J-IETD…

Want your students to understand trade-offs? This one-minute video will resonate with all the gamers in your course! #teachecon 
youtube.com/watch?v=J-IETD…
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“Pop” Goes the National Debt. In this interactive lesson, co-authored with @WayneGeerling & Stefani Milovanska provides a novel way to teach about the perils of a large National Debt, which in America is currently $36 trillion. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

“Pop” Goes the National Debt. 
In this interactive lesson, co-authored with @WayneGeerling & Stefani Milovanska provides a novel way to teach about the perils of a large National Debt, which in America is currently $36 trillion. 
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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Check out the EI Podcast, where I discuss my paper on "Pop Goes the National Debt", DOGE, and a range of political topics. youtubeeducation.com/watch?t=257&v=…

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Check out my op-ed in RealClearPolitics with Charity-Joy Acchiardo. We use game theory to predict what lies ahead during Trump 2.0. Spoiler alert: You probably won't like what we have to say. #teachecon Civitas Institute UT-Austin Economics realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/…

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My article in RCM addresses most favored pricing in the pharmaceutical industry. Check it out! Civitas Institute realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/…

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#jetset25 Check out Inspiring Students and Building Student Connection in Block #1 (Session C) from 930-1045am on Thursday. Wayne Geerling and I are going to get this Symposium popping!

#jetset25 Check out Inspiring Students and Building
Student Connection in Block #1 (Session C) from 930-1045am on Thursday. Wayne Geerling and I are going to get this Symposium popping!
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Olfactory Alert: The first economics article to use smell to help students learn! Journal of Economics Teaching. Many thanks to my UT colleagues, Wayne Geering and Katie Grooms on this project. journalofeconomicsteaching.org/common-scents-…