Acchiardo / Vachris Dystopia and Economics

A Guide to Surviving Everything from the Apocalypse to Zombies
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-68565-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Economics and Popular Culture Series

Government collapsing? Zombies hunting you down? Everyone you know killed by a global epidemic? Not to worry! Economics holds the keys to survival. The "dismal science" is particularly equipped to show the order in what seems like chaos. Economists observe human behaviour, what leads us to take a particular action, and the subsequent consequences. However, the choices made by individuals are not made in isolation; they influence and are influenced by the actions of others. Foundational economic principles stand firmly in place, even when society is breaking down. An understanding of these basic tenets of societies – dystopian ones included – is essential to surviving the end of the world as we know it.

In this book, several authors draw from popular media to show economic principles at work in the dystopian societies depicted in Divergent, The Walking Dead, The Last Man on Earth, The Hunger Games, Mad Max Fury Road, Elysium,and A Clockwork Orange. In each society, its members face a set of resource and social constraints that incentivize particular behaviours and lead to predictable outcomes. How does human behaviour change when resources are severely limited, the legal system breaks down, or individual freedom is stifled? Through the examination of these popular dystopian works, readers will see how economic principles lay the foundation for how each society functions and what outcomes may be expected.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Acchiardo, Charity-Joy Revere

Vachris, Michelle Albert

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Charity-Joy Acchiardo & Michelle Albert Vachris 2. Divergent Economics: The Divergent series (2014-2016) Samuel R. Staley 3. "That’s mine! - Property rights among the Walking Dead": The Walking Dead (2010- ongoing) Tawni H. Ferrarini 4. "Last Man on Earth Rules!": The Last Man on Earth (2015- ongoing) Charity-Joy Acchiardo 5. Economics in the Hunger Games: The Hunger Games (2012-2015) Brian O’Roark 6. Mad Max: Traveling the Fury Road to Learn Economics: Mad Max Fury Road (2015) G. Dirk Mateer and Michelle Albert Vachris 7. "What’s in it for the Hippo?": Elysium (2013) Theo Shamoun 8.Choice, Liberty, and Repression in A Clockwork Orange: A Clockwork Orange (1962/1971) Wayne Geerling

Über Autor(innen)

Charity-Joy Revere Acchiardo is a Clinical Professor of Economics at the University of San Diego, USA. She is a frequent speaker at teaching workshops across North America and Europe where she shares tips for making economics come alive for students. Her research has been published in leading economic education journals, and she serves on the advisory board for the Journal of Economics Teaching.

Michelle Albert Vachris is Professor of Management, Business, and Economics at Virginia Wesleyan University. Before arriving at VWU she taught economics at Christopher Newport University where she holds the rank of Professor Emerita, and she began her career as an economist with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Her publications include articles and book chapters on public choice economics, teaching pedagogy and economics in literature.