Economics in Literature and Drama, Journal of Economic Education
(di Michael Watts and Robert F. Smith)
It has long been noted that although literature and drama, like language, function as institutions in some ways separate from economic forces and conditions, they do play an important role in shaping public opinion and standards on many economic issues.’ In turn, economic thought and circumstances help shape and direct literature, drama, and language. It is surprising, then, that few economists have carefully studied these influences…