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020 _a9781315168333
_q(e-book : PDF)
020 _a9781351685634
_q(e-book: Mobi)
020 _z9781138051355
_q(hardback)
020 _z9781138051362
_q(paperback)
024 7 _a10.4324/9781315168333
_2doi
035 _a(OCoLC)1029244236
050 4 _aHB171
_b.D97 2018
082 0 4 _a330
_bD998
245 0 0 _aDystopia and economics :
_ba guide to surviving everything from the apocalypse to zombies /
_cedited by Charity-Joy Revere Acchiardo and Michelle Albert Vachris.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bRoutledge,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (xvii, 82 pages)
490 0 _aRoutledge economics and popular culture
505 0 _aThe walking econ : learning economics from the Walking dead / by Tawni H. Ferrarini -- Never a lovely day - the wretched economics of Mad Max : fury road / by Michelle Albert Vachris and G. Dirk Mateer -- The odds are never in your favor : preventing economic growth in the Hunger games / by J. Brian O'Roark -- The divergent economics of factions and governing / By Samuel R. Staley -- Choice, liberty and repression in a Clockwork orange / by Wayne Geerling -- Last man rules! / by Charity-Joy Revere Acchiardo.
520 _a"Government collapsing? Zombies hunting you down? Everyone you know killed by a global epidemic? Not to worry! Economics holds the keys to survival. Often known as "the dismal science", it is particularly equipped to reveal order in what seems like chaos.Economists observe human behaviour: what leads us to take 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. A set of rules, even if unwritten, guides human behaviour. Foundational economic principles stand firmly in place, even when society is breaking down, and an understanding of these basic tenets of societies is essential to surviving the end of the world as we know it.In this book, the authors draw from popular culture to show economic principles at work in the dystopian societies depicted in The Walking Dead, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Hunger Games, Divergent, A Clockwork Orange, and Last Man on Earth. In each society, its members face 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? The examples presented here shed an eerie light on the principles that guide our actions every day.Dystopia and Economics: A Guide to Surviving Everything from the Apocalypse to Zombies provides a user-friendly introduction to economics suitable for a general audience as well as devoted students of the discipline."--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aApocalyptic films.
650 0 _aEconomics.
700 1 _aAcchiardo, Charity-Joy Revere,
_d1976-
_eeditor.
700 1 _aVachris, Michelle Albert,
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781138051355
_z9781138051362
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315168333
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