War Movies and Economics

Lessons from Hollywood's Adaptations of Military Conflict
Herausgeber: Ahlstrom, Laura J; Mixon, Franklin G

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Produktbeschreibung

War Movies and Economics applies ongoing research in the relatively new genre of economics in popular media to Hollywood's war movies. Whether inadvertently or purposefully, these movies provide numerous examples of how economic principles often play an important role in military conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780367275600
• ISBN-10: 0367275600
• Artikelnr.: 69986651

Autorenporträt

Laura J. Ahlstrom is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Oklahoma State University, USA. Franklin G. Mixon, Jr. is the Violet Litchfield and Thomas Bryant Buck Jr. Professor of Economics, and Director of the Center for Economic Education, at Columbus State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

(1) War movies and economics: a survey of the literature (2) "45
cigarettes, the price has gone up": economics in Stalag 17 (3) Did a
game-theoretic device save the Lone Survivor? (4) The ultimatum game in
The Dirty Dozen: analytical and behavioral strategies (5) The private
provision of a public good: an examination of Hollywood's adaptation of the
Third Servile War (6) The Battle of Dunkirk: analyzing economics principles
in two motion picture portrayals of an epic retreat (7) "Right in the
pickle barrel": Memphis Belle and the core concepts of economics (8) Slow
and deliberate, or fast and intuitive? Systems of judgment in Saving
Private Ryan and Band of Brothers