Economics of the undead : zombies, vampires, and the dismal science /
Economics of the undead : zombies, vampires, and the dismal science /
edited by Glen Whitman and James Dow.
- xi, 285 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: living dead and the modern economy / Soulless mates -- Human girls and vampire boys, Part 1: looking for Mr. Goodbite / Human girls and vampire boys, part 2: 'til death do us part / Apocalyptonomics -- Packing for the zombie apocalypse / Eating brains and breaking windows / To truck, barter and eat your brains!!! : pursuing prosperity in a post-productive world / What happens next? : endgames of a zombie apocalypse / Order, coordination, and collective action among the undead / Blood money -- Investing secrets of the undead / Zombification insurance / Monsters of capital : vampires, zombies, and consumerism / Trading with the undead : a study in specialization and comparative advantage / Buy or bite? / To shoot or to stake, that is the question : the market for anti-vampire weapons / Taxation of the undead : nonsentient entities / The dead body politic -- Tragedy of the blood commons : the case for privatizing the humans / Zombies as an invasive species : a resource economics perspective / Post-apocalyptic law : what would the reasonable man do in a world gone mad? / Brain-dead vs. undead : public ignorance and the political economy of responses to vampires and zombies / Sinking our teeth into public policy economics : a taste of immortality / Where, oh where have the vampires gone? : an extension of the Tiebout hypothesis to the undead / Brain food -- The economics of bloodlust / Between gods and monsters : reason, instinct, and the artificial vampire / Killing time : Dracula and social discoordination / Pop culture bibliography -- Contributor biographies. Glen Whitman and James Dow -- Glen Whitman -- Glen Whitman -- James Dow -- Steven Horwitz and Sarah Skwire -- Brian Hollar -- Kyle William Bishop, David Tufte, and Mary Jo Tufte -- Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano -- James Dow -- Eleanor Brown and Robert Prag -- Lorna Piatti-Farnell -- Darwyyn Deyo and David T. Mitchell -- Enrique Guerra-Pujol -- Charlotte Weil and Sébastien Lecou -- Joseph Mandarino -- Glen Whitman -- Michael E. O'Hara -- Brian Hollar -- Ilya Somin -- Fabien Medvecky -- A.L. Phillips, M.C. Phillips, and G.M. Phillips -- Ian Chadd -- Daniel Farhat -- Hollis Robbins --
1442235020 9781442235021
2014002998
Zombies--Economic conditions
Vampires--Economic conditions
Popular culture--Economic aspects
Capitalism--United States
Economics--Humor
HQ801 / .E334 2014
330.0207
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: living dead and the modern economy / Soulless mates -- Human girls and vampire boys, Part 1: looking for Mr. Goodbite / Human girls and vampire boys, part 2: 'til death do us part / Apocalyptonomics -- Packing for the zombie apocalypse / Eating brains and breaking windows / To truck, barter and eat your brains!!! : pursuing prosperity in a post-productive world / What happens next? : endgames of a zombie apocalypse / Order, coordination, and collective action among the undead / Blood money -- Investing secrets of the undead / Zombification insurance / Monsters of capital : vampires, zombies, and consumerism / Trading with the undead : a study in specialization and comparative advantage / Buy or bite? / To shoot or to stake, that is the question : the market for anti-vampire weapons / Taxation of the undead : nonsentient entities / The dead body politic -- Tragedy of the blood commons : the case for privatizing the humans / Zombies as an invasive species : a resource economics perspective / Post-apocalyptic law : what would the reasonable man do in a world gone mad? / Brain-dead vs. undead : public ignorance and the political economy of responses to vampires and zombies / Sinking our teeth into public policy economics : a taste of immortality / Where, oh where have the vampires gone? : an extension of the Tiebout hypothesis to the undead / Brain food -- The economics of bloodlust / Between gods and monsters : reason, instinct, and the artificial vampire / Killing time : Dracula and social discoordination / Pop culture bibliography -- Contributor biographies. Glen Whitman and James Dow -- Glen Whitman -- Glen Whitman -- James Dow -- Steven Horwitz and Sarah Skwire -- Brian Hollar -- Kyle William Bishop, David Tufte, and Mary Jo Tufte -- Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano -- James Dow -- Eleanor Brown and Robert Prag -- Lorna Piatti-Farnell -- Darwyyn Deyo and David T. Mitchell -- Enrique Guerra-Pujol -- Charlotte Weil and Sébastien Lecou -- Joseph Mandarino -- Glen Whitman -- Michael E. O'Hara -- Brian Hollar -- Ilya Somin -- Fabien Medvecky -- A.L. Phillips, M.C. Phillips, and G.M. Phillips -- Ian Chadd -- Daniel Farhat -- Hollis Robbins --
1442235020 9781442235021
2014002998
Zombies--Economic conditions
Vampires--Economic conditions
Popular culture--Economic aspects
Capitalism--United States
Economics--Humor
HQ801 / .E334 2014
330.0207