Homer economicus The Simpsons and economics / edited by Joshua C. Hall.
| Other author | Hall, Joshua C. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Stanford, California : Standford Economicsand Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2014] |
| Description | xii, 241 pages : 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Scarcity, specialization, and squishees : The Simpsons as homo economicus / Anthony M. Carilli -- Where the invisible hand has only four fingers : supply, demand, and the market process in Springfield / Douglas Rogers and Peter J. Boettke -- A pile of Krusty burgers embiggens the fattest man : obesity, incentives, and unintended consequences in 'King size Homer' / Art Carden -- Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts! : money and The Simpsons / Andrew T. Young -- Thank you, come again : the pursuit of profits in Springfield / Gregory M. Randolph -- They have the Internet on computers now? : entrepreneurship in The Simpsons / Per L. Bylund, Christopher M. Holbrook, and Peter G. Klein -- I've got a monopoly to maintain! : market failure in The Simpsons / Diana W. Thomas -- Will you stop that infernal racket!?! : externalities and The Simpsons / Justin M. Ross -- Mayors, monorails, and morons : government failure in The Simpsons / John Considine -- Coming to Homerica : the economics of immigration / Seth R. Gitter and Robert J. Gitter -- Donut and dimed : labor markets in The Simpsons / David T. Mitchell -- Paging Dr. Hibbert : what The Simpsons can teach us about health economics / Lauren Heller -- At first I thought prohibition was a good thing : the economics of alcohol control / Mark Thornton -- Mr. Burns' casino : the economics of casino gambling / Douglas M. Walker and Shannon M. Kelly -- Homer economicus or Homer sapiens? : behavioral economics in The Simpsons / Jodi Beggs -- From rabbit ears to flat screen : it's getting better all the time / Steven Horwitz and Stewart Dompe. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013047797 |
| ISBN | 9780804790970 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804791717 (pbk. : alk. paper) |