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Contemporary Film and Economics - Lights! Camera! Econ! (Hardcover)
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Contemporary Film and Economics - Lights! Camera! Econ! (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Economics and Popular Culture Series
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What does the movie Lion tell us about why some societies grow rich
and others remain poor? What can the global box office juggernaut,
Jurassic World tell us about entrepreneurs and the ethics of
business? Can the movie Passengers give us insight into human
motivation and decision making? This book surveys more than 40
movies to answer these questions and much more. Movies do more than
entertain. They project important insights, often unintentional,
into the way the world works and the values society cares about.
Indeed, their stories are often grounded in the real-world
experiences of everyday people. As part of this, movies also
provide a window into understanding and evaluating economic
behavior. Economics is, after all, the study of how scarce
resources like labor, capital, and technology are used to improve
(or reduce) our welfare. It also helps us to more fully understand
the consequences in our lives that result from those choices and
decisions. Through exploring a wide range of films from Passengers
to Victoria and Abdul, this book delves into economic concepts such
as opportunity costs, profit maximization, greed, business ethics,
monopoly, economic growth, and entrepreneurship. Contemporary Film
and Economics is a must read for anyone interested in how movies
project and interpret economic ideas, craft popular narratives for
how economies operate, and explore motivations for economic
behavior. Economists will find it useful in starting discussions on
key concepts, while filmmakers will find the discussions of
economic concepts a provocative way of thinking about how to craft
engaging stories that are grounded in practical experience.
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