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Economics and literature : a novel approach / edited by François Bourguignon, Avinash Dixit, Luc Leruth, and Jean-Philippe Platteau.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
- Contents:
- Editors' Introduction Part I: Development and structural transformation of society and economy 1 A Bengali Novel on Economic Transition in History 2 Tradition and Modernity in Subsaharan Africa: Insights from Achebe's Things Fall Apart 3 The Art of Conquering Without Being Right: Agency, Education, and Learning by Doing in Cheikh Hamidou Kane's "Ambiguous Adventure". 4 On Capitalism and Colonialism: The Economic Imperatives Underlying Amitav Ghosh's "Sea of Poppies" 5 The Lone Scream in the Dark: Cultural Change and Institutional Transformation in Modern China as seen through Lu Xun's Novel 6 Zola's Ladies' Paradise and Creative Destruction 7 Women in a nervous breakdown: Intra household bargaining and gender norms in South Korea Part II: Market operation and dysfunction8 Only the Housing Problem Has Corrupted Them 9 Can Machines Replace Us? 10 Abdulrazak Gurnah and Contract-Enforcement Institutions in His Novel By the Sea 11 Marriage and Markets: Lessons from Pride and Prejudice Part III: Limits of the Homo Economicus model 12 The Esterházy Myth: How Economics and Literature Correct Mistakes 13 The Nostalgia for Missed Opportunities 14 The Financial Expert of Malgudi 15 Estates, Inheritance and Gifts: Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth 16 The Inheritance Mess: Père Goriot and King Lear Offer Us a Mirror 17 The Master, the Helicopter, and Margarita 18 Money in the Faustian pact Part IV: Rent-seeking, corruption and bad political governance 19 How Steinbeck Speaks to Institutions in Economics 20 The Economics of Innocence: Imbolo Mbue's "How Beautiful We Were" 21 Frank Herbert's Dune
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781003534358
- 100353435X
- 9781040366097
- 1040366090
- 9781040366059
- 1040366058
- Publisher Number:
- 40032783096
- CIPO000227992
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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