Holidays help define our culture, but people forget that they
are closely connected with economics.
Author Holley Hewitt Ulbrich combines her lifelong fascination
with our nation's most special occasions and her love of economics
in this fascinating account. You'll learn why Punxsutawney Phil
might play a role in economic forecasting; how Valentine's Day
could just be an example of heartless capitalism; how Earth Day
provides insights about property rights; how Father's Day and
Mother's Day helps us understand the history of the American
family.
Holidays are about communities, cultures, history, and our
relationship with the natural world, and they offer a way to
highlight a context in which we make our choices. Since they are
scattered throughout the year, they help us explore emerging ideas
of behavioral and neo-institutional economics in small, seasonal
doses.
Join Ulbrich as she explores what these occasions say about our
economic system, our society, and ourselves with Economics Takes a
Holiday.
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