The Beatles and Economics: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and the Making of a Cultural Revolution

ISBN-13: 9781138363540 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 84 str.

Samuel R. Staley

Opis

The Beatles and Economics examines the most influential popular music act of the 20th century using the lens of economic analysis. Economics provides the prism for explaining why their success, while legendary, is not mythic. This text is of interest to anyone interested in the economic dynamics that shape cultural change.

Spis treści

1 The black swan of popular music? 2 Liverpool start-up 3 Innovation, entrepreneurship, and the growth mindset 4 How private markets enabled Sgt. Pepper’s band to play 5 Breaking up is hard to do … or is it? 6 A second coming?: Lessons from the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys 7 Economic reflections from the afterlife

O autorze

Samuel R. Staley, PhD, is director of the DeVoe L. Moore Center in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy at Florida State University, USA, where he teaches economics and social entrepreneurship.