War Movies and Economics: Lessons from Hollywood's Adaptations of Military Conflict

ISBN-13: 9780367275617 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 106 str.

Laura J. Ahlstrom; Franklin G. Mixon Jr

Opis

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.

Spis treści

(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