I’ve been quoted, interviewed, or my research has been featured in hundreds of news outlets, including Barron’s, Bloomberg, BBC World News, Forbes, Fox News, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Post.
Featured in the News
- “High ticket sales, higher costs: The economics of Broadway’s contract negotiations” https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/10/14/the-economics-of-broadway-contract-negotiations
- “Rousu Research Earns Washington Post Albie Award. https://www.susqu.edu/about-susquehanna/newsroom/rousu-research-earns-washington-post-albie-award
- Most People Will Quit Facebook for $1,000.https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbynq3/quit-facebook-auction-study
- Immeasurable Value to SU, business students https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/immeasurable-value-to-su-business-students/article_5bafb157-2812-5a16-b548-aa6b483ebca0.html
- “11 College Courses in Pop Culture We Wish We Could Take.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/college/2017/03/30/11-college-courses-in-pop-culture-we-wish-we-could-take/37430081/
- “With Star Wars, Learn Economics, You Can” https://www.susqu.edu/about-susquehanna/newsroom/with-star-wars-learn-economics-you-can
- “Study: Graphic images on cigarette packs reduces demand” https://www.jpost.com/health-and-sci-tech/health/study-graphic-images-on-cigarette-packs-reduce-demand
Selected Opeds and Articles
Selected Opeds and Articles
- “Learning economics and personal finance from black authors” Broad and Liberty, February 23, 2021. https://broadandliberty.com/2021/02/23/matthew-rousu-learning-economics-and-personal-finance-from-black-authors/
- “Reflecting on Covid-19 shows the value of free markets”. Broad and Liberty. January 28, 2021 https://broadandliberty.com/2021/01/28/matthew-rousu-reflecting-on-covid-19-shows-the-value-of-free-markets/
- “How to Fix the Vaccine Rollout? Pay People to Get a Shot.” Barron’s. January 21, 2021. Coauthored with Nick Clark and Jay Corrigan. https://www.barrons.com/articles/how-to-fix-the-vaccine-rollout-pay-people-to-get-a-shot-51611179922
- “What did 2020 teach us about money?” The Daily Item. December 13, 2020.
- “Tips for Interviewing Virtually” The Daily Item. August 23, 2020.
- “Don’t ‘Abolish the Business Major’.” The Chronicle for Higher Education. August 30, 2019. https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/letters/dont-abolish-the-business-major/
- “E-Cigarettes Don’t Help People Quit Smoking. Here’s What Does.” Barron’s. March 20, 2019. (With Jay Corrigan.) https://www.barrons.com/articles/want-to-quit-smoking-dont-rely-on-e-cigarettes-to-help-you-51553086801
- “People love Facebook so much they wouldn’t quit unless we paid them … a lot.” February 13, 2019. (With Jay Corrigan) https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/13/people-love-facebook-so-much-they-wouldnt-quit-unless-we-paid-them-lot/?utm_term=.84ce2d8a3cc1
- “If I Were a Rich Man? Economic Lessons from Fiddler on the Roof.” Real Clear Markets https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/11/06/if_i_were_a_rich_man_economic_lessons_from_fiddler_on_the_roof_103478.html
- “March Madness: What’s behind the millions for college basketball coaches salaries?” FoxNews.com. March 17, 2018. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/17/march-madness-whats-behind-millions-for-college-basketball-coaches-salaries.html
- “Resolving to Save Money this Year? Avoid These Three Things.” The Daily Item. February 11, 2018. http://www.dailyitem.com/business/resolving-to-save-money-this-year-avoid-these-three-things/article_4e7ca057-6708-59c8-b4d5-a39763e01840.html
- “Pennsylvania high schools need economics education.” Central Penn Business Journal. November 10, 2017. http://www.cpbj.com/article/20171110/CPBJ01/171109837/guest-view-pennsylvania-high-schools-need-economics-education
- “Hit Broadway musical Hamilton offers a perfect lesson in economics”. Economy. March 3, 2016. http://www.ecnmy.org/engage/hit-broadway-musical-hamilton-provides-perfect-lesson-economics/
- “Economic Lessons for Children from The Hunger Games.” Library of Economics and Liberty. December 6, 2015. http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2015/Rousuhungergames.html
- “Let’s Eliminate the Minimum Wage for Teenagers.” Forbes. April 7, 2014.
- “Childless Women in their Twenties Out-Earn Men. So?” Forbes. February 24, 2014.
- “What Poker Teaches Us.” The Federalist. November 15, 2013.
- “It’s Time for the Federal Government to Legalize Internet Gambling.” Forbes. June 25, 2013.
- “Right-to-Work Law Could Boost PA.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 27, 2012.