1. Introduction -- 2. The Price of Oysters (demand and supply) -- 3. When You’ve Got to Go, You’ve Got to Go (pricing) -- 4. The Competition is Tough (perfect competition) -- 5. Why Trade is Good 1 (economic welfare) -- 6. Last Copy, Sir: Double Price (monopoly) -- 7. The Kursaal Flyers...

In 2011, Edoardo Nesi - a former industrialist of the Prato textile district - won the most prestigious Italian literary Prize for his autobiographical novel Storia della mia gente, a book centered upon Prato's past industrial success and present decline. Nesi has since become a regular...

Zusammenfassung Obwohl Schriftsteller einen starken Einfluss auf die öffentliche Meinung ausüben und dabei deutliche Wertungen über ihr ökonomisches Umfeld aussprechen, sind ökonomische Analysen solcher Beurteilungen selten. In diesem Beitrag werden die Essays von Hans Magnus Enzensberger,...

Though men of letters have a strong impact on public opinion and articulate strong judgments on their economic environment, economic evaluations of those reflections are rather rare. This article analyses the essays of Hans Magnus Enzensberger. It is shown that one cannot distinguish between...