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The Price of Everything
Here is Ezra Pound's Usura Canto, here is a link to Russell Roberts's The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity, available for pre-order. Can you guess which one has the better economics? In fact Russ's book is the best attempt to teach economics through fiction that the world has seen to date.
Here is Russ's summary of the book. Here is Arnold Kling on the book.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on June 18, 2008 at 01:59 PM in Books, Economics, Education | Permalink
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Issac Asimov helped me realize the power of economics and sociology through his Foundation books. Both of which I feel go hand and hand.
Posted by: Gunnar W at Jun 18, 2008 3:22:38 PM
This is the best place I could think of to post this, and I am sorry that it is not quite germane to the subject at hand. I know that alot of people who both contribute to and comment on here are concerned with property rights. Perhaps the most egregious example of government's usurpation of such rights is the 2005 case of Kelo v. New London. To mark the anniversary of this loss and the subsequent gains made at the state level against eminent domain abuse, Susette Kelo is trying to garner 10,000 donations to The Institute for Justice (The firm which represented Kelo)this Monday 23 June, go to ij.org/keloday and pledge $5 or whatever you can afford. This a good cause, and one that, no matter your political bend,everyone can embrace.
Posted by: layedback at Jun 18, 2008 4:04:27 PM
as for fiction teaching econ...
"Saving Adam Smith" by Jonathan Wight. Interesting adventure with the ghost of Adam Smith dispensing wisdom along the way.
Posted by: Ed D. at Jun 19, 2008 7:52:23 AM
