EconNerds: The Crisis Industrial Complex

Econ Nerds is a digital media channel of the Mercatus Center, focused on illuminating the economics in the world around us through fun, contemporary media.

Climate change, police violence, immigrant crime, maternal mortality—are these actual crises or just exaggerated narratives? In this episode of Econ Nerds, we put the data to the test and audit the numbers behind the headlines. There’s a surprising pattern: the reality is far less catastrophic than the rhetoric.

NODEHAUS handled the post-production for this piece — from ingesting, editing, motion-graphics animation, sound and color.

• Credits

  Client: EconNerds, Mercatus Center

  Production Co: NODEHAUS

  Writer & Host: Matt Hill

  Producer, Editing Manager: Roman Hardgrave

  Editor: Triston Centretto

  Graphics: Triston Centretto, Brandon McDowell