Modern economics is a focus of many people, especially in the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial and economic crisis. One has to wonder - what's wrong with the economic system if it breaks down now and then? Should the modern economic theories, accounting principles and financial models be relied
Strange Economics: Economic Speculative Fiction
โ Scribed by Shultz, David
- Publisher
- TdotSpec Inc
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1999403908
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
The slow bomb -- The rule of three -- Have icthyosaur, will travel -- The grass is always greener -- Shocktrooper salesman -- Supply chains -- Premium care -- Consumption -- The slurm -- Guns or butter -- A renewable resource -- All rights reserved -- The soul standard -- Warm storage -- I can always tell a John -- The short soul -- The monument -- The unseen face of the moon business -- Expiry date -- The price of wool and sunflowers -- Supply and demand among the Sidhe -- Shape, size, colour, and lustre -- Das kapital -- Afterword: Cockayne blues -- Works cited -- Economics discussion questions -- About the contributors.;What if souls were a form of currency? What if our potential could be bought and sold? What is the value of a memory? These questions and more are explored through twenty-three science fiction and fantasy stories, appearing for the first time in this collection.
โฆ Subjects
Economics -- Sociological aspects
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface: What Is Narrative Economics?; Acknowledgments; Part I: The Beginnings of Narrative Economics; 1. The Bitcoin Narratives; 2. An Adventure in Consilience; 3. Contagion, Constellations, and Confluence; 4. Why Do Some Narratives Go Viral?; 5. The Laffer Curve a
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