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Economics has always had a difficult relationship with literature. Although early economists such as Adam Smith adopted … its implications. Separation of economics from literature is unhelpful, as it plays down the cultural and historical …, economics had become professionalised into a self-contained discipline expressed in mathematical language and making little …
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We study the economic structure of the life of Harry Potter and his co-actors as an economic model that governs the social organization of their economic activities. Our goal is to study and understand the internal consistency of the Potterian economic model and explore the relationships between...
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Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some principles of Potterian economics are consistent with economists …’ views and insights, and contribute to the general public’s biases, ignorance, and lack of understanding of economics. …
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Most people think of science and literature as distinct human endeavours. According to received convention, science is … mostly about 'mind', whereas literature is largely about 'heart'. Science, goes the argument, is by and large rational …, literature primarily emotional. Science is about thinking, literature about feeling. The practical implication of this duality is …
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literature in the field and draws key lessons learned. The findings can assist policymakers in the design and implementation of …
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Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some principles of Potterian economics are consistent with economists …' views and insights, and contribute to the general public's biases, ignorance, and lack of understanding of economics. …
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both the theoretical and the empirical literature on social policy. The main concern is that social protection could have …
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This paper reviews recent developments in empirical literature analyzing hedge fund performance. Popularity of hedge … benefit from investment managers' prowess in generating superior return. We survey this literature and classify it into …
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Colin Harrison's novel The Finder (2008) uncovers the hidden hierarchy of differential information. We live in a knowledge economy, or so they say. And in the world of finance, knowledge is power: the power to buy assets before their price appreciates. This knowledge-as-power, though, is...
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Economic organization of the imaginary worlds depicted in popular literary works may be viewed as a mirror to public opinion on the economic organization of life. If a book becomes a best-seller, it is because the book conveys messages, feelings, and events the readers can relate to. In other...
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