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The economics of The Hunger Games

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  • Jeffrey Cleveland
  • Kim Holder
  • Brian O'Roark

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Using media in the classroom is an increasingly common way to teach economics. As far back as the 1830s, Martineau created stories with an economic message. Since then, many others have explored the economics found in other works of literature. Our objective here is to analyse the economic messages of one of the most popular young adult book series of the past ten years, The Hunger Games. In this paper, we examine issues of economic organisation, comparative advantage, the role of institutions, and income inequality among others, all of which help to promote the storyline of the novel. Students have responded favourably to the use of familiar characters in explaining these ideas, and we believe that utilising literature has been and will continue to be a helpful tool for economics instructors.

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  • Jeffrey Cleveland & Kim Holder & Brian O'Roark, 2016. "The economics of The Hunger Games," International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(2), pages 152-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijplur:v:7:y:2016:i:2:p:152-169
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    1. Mustofa, Rochman Hadi & Pramudita, Dias Aziz & Atmono, Dwi & Priyankara, Rasika & Asmawan, Mochammad Chairil & Rahmattullah, Muhammad & Mudrikah, Saringatun & Pamungkas, Leonny Noviyana Sakti, 2022. "Exploring educational students acceptance of using movies as economics learning media: PLS-SEM analysis," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).
    2. Abdullah Al-Bahrani & David Mahon & G. Dirk Mateer & Patrick Ryan Murphy, 2018. "Pokemon GO: Applications for the Economics Classroom," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 3(2), pages 218-231, December.
    3. Brian O'Roark, 2017. "Super-Economics Man! Using Superheroes to Teach Economics," Journal of Economics Teaching, Journal of Economics Teaching, vol. 2(1), pages 51-67, June.
    4. Iacopo Grassi & Gaetano Polichetti, 2024. "Cooking up Game Theory: A Practical Application in a Multi-Stage Cooking Competition," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 44(1), pages 273-279.
    5. Diaz Vidal, Daniel & Mungenast, Kyle & Diaz Vidal, Jesus, 2020. "Economics through film: Thinking like an economist," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).

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