@article{1468582,
      recid = {1468582},
      author = {Johnes, Geraint,},
      title = {Economics for lovers of literature /},
      pages = {1 online resource (vii, 95 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book provides an engaging introduction to economics  through a literary lens. Drawing on writers such as James  Joyce, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Charlotte  Bronte, and Elizabeth Gaskell, each chapter is framed  around a quote from a classic text of English literature  that helps tease out a key economic concept and demonstrate  its broader relevance. While rigorous, the book is  virtually free of technical language and aims to give a  concise overview of all the main topics in contemporary  economics - from supply and demand, pricing, labour  markets, externalities, and game theory, to environmental  and behavioural economics, fiscal policy and business  cycles, modern approaches to macroeconomics and economic  growth. Interweaving literary examples with easy-to-follow  explanations and reflective tasks, the book takes an  interdisciplinary approach to economics and literature that  requires no prior knowledge in either camp, but which  illuminates patterns of real-world behaviour observed by  novelists and economists alike. This concise and accessible  book will be a valuable tool for students embarking on  introductory economics courses, economics modules in  business studies, and interdisciplinary courses more  broadly, as well as the general reader interested in  building their knowledge of economics. Geraint Johnes is  Emeritus Professor of Economics at Lancaster University,  and has also worked at Dartmouth College New Hampshire,  Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, the Australian National  Univeristy, and Beijing Normal University. He has also  served as director of the London-based think-tank, the Work  Foundation, and is regularly in demand as an economic  commentator on global TV news channels including the BBC,  ITV, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, and France 24. He was  founding editor of the journal, Education Economics, and  was previously editor also of the International Journal of  Manpower. He is author of numerous articles in major  journals, and has authored and edited books most recently  including the Handbook of Contemporary Education Economics  (Edward Elgar, 2017).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1468582},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26486-3},
}