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From video: The economics of why pop culture is so boring now
Published: February 2, 2026

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Checkout our advertising sponsor the Economist and get access to global coverage at an exclusive 35% discount at https://economist.com/moneymacro If you appreciate the research, consider buying me a 'coffee' at https://ko-fi.com/moneymacro or supporting long-term for membership benefits via: https://www.patreon.com/moneymacro WANT AN IN-DEPTH INDUSTRIAL POLICY MASTERCLASS? △ https://school.moneymacro.net/p/industrial-policy-masterclass LIKE CHATTING ECON WITH ME? △ Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joerischasfoort △ Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeri-schasfoort/ △ I have a private Discord server for Senior and Chief economist Patrons / members. SOURCES: I've linked my sources in the blog that goes along with this video. Links are in the text. https://www.moneymacro.rocks/blog Timestamps: 0:00 - introduction 2:25 - media in the 1980s 4:21 - digital revolution 9:25 - globalization 13:55 - conclusion and sponsor Attribution: Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Stock footage and others clips by Getty Written by Alejandro Iribas De La Puerta & Joeri Schasfoort Edited by Natalia Karpacz How economics is secretly saving pop culture