Quite Interesting cartoon. (could teach kids about economics & entrepreneurial spirit)

[Tony Nguyen]

The Cartoon - Disney Recess.
http://www.watchcartoononline.com/recess-season-2-episode-15-economics-of-recess

more in depth information.

I thought this cartoon was interesting, what's everyone's thoughts on it?

 

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[The-J]

Key Lessons (for entrepreneurs, and not communist naysayers):

1) Be creative. You don't need a lot of money to make money; you just need value. (TJ offers stickers to the kid running the entrance then offers a wage to someone else to watch the entrance for him)

2) Once your time is divorced from money, you can then use that time to build more money-making assets. (TJ no longer had to work for the stickers necessary: this allowed him to start investing his time, creative energy, and stickers into bigger and bigger deals)

3) You win when you have control. By controlling as much as possible, you then gain leverage in negotiation.

4) Even when you succeed, it can all fall apart. But even if it all falls apart, as long as you still have the mindset of offering value you can make all your money back. (At the end, TJ was left with no money after the demand for Mon stickers went to 0. However, he was still driven to make other people's lives easier in order to get Alien stickers. "He looks sweaty" implies that he's going to try to make a deal so the other person doesn't have to work as much.)

The communist guy pointed out a couple of great points (monopoly causes problems, people will try to resist power) but in the end seemed to miss the point.