Stephen Learns Macroeconomics On A Roller Coaster

The only way Stephen could stay awake for a lesson on macroeconomics is on a roller coaster next to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.

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[ThatLexPlays]

For someone who has never been on a rollercoaster, Paul Krugman handled that like a champ.

[claireconover]

I’m shocked that guy, on his first roller coaster ride, was able to talk at all. I couldn’t

[AWARHERO]

Man... If this is really is first roller coaster ride, he did that like he trained to go to the moon!

[houroflove]

Paul Krugman was so STOIC on that ride that I was looking at the background, seeing if I could detect that the ride was staged. That man has brillo pad wire for nerves.

[ErykaSoleil]

I learned something about the economy, but I also learned that Paul Krugman is a BOSS.

[ctpdpwn]

This would be so much better than college

[a_witcher]

This. Is. Genius. !!!!

but put subtitles in for the next one :)

[goldenfortress]

That poor man XD I wanted to hear what he had to say tho lol I wonder if he kissed the floor.

[gamerwits]

now thats how you explain macroeconomics

[RevMooFoo]

Krugman handled his first ride on a rollercoaster much better than I did!

[JJ-kleq]

Kindred spirits bonding. A Colbert a koala bear and no easily triggered people with nothing important to complain about in sight.

[wellreadbull]

of that!!! All educative segments should be like that!

[boogiedownbronx]

I think Colbert should do segment like this with every politician especially Trump

[ptgms]

They dropped me from one of those freefall towers in their park 20 years ago; I was so upset from the fall I haven’t gone back. However, after seeing Steven and Paul, I’m buying a ticket next week to Six Flags..

[camelsheit_on_the_walls]

Such a calm and peaceful segment, compared to the crazy trump/white house roller-coaster

[Heivang]

This video was cut one Nobel Prize-winning barf too short. That's the face of a man that has been defeated by a roller coaster.

[PartisanGamer]

Very fitting analogy, seeing as capitalism and the macroeconomics it creates are very much an uncontrolled rollercoaster ride themselves.

[mohdattarplus]

How didn’t their glasses fly off their faces?!

[matthewcecil]

Damn, Paul Krugman kept it together pretty well.

[exodiathegod]

I was impressed how composed they were..good job