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Freakonomics Radio
It was discussed as a book containing essays from various scholars on topics like blood markets, zombie apocalypses, and the impact of the undead on the economy, presented with a serious tone and approach.
Both Jim and I had an interest in zombies and vampires and other forms of the undead going back many many years That's Glenn Whitman. He's an economist at California State University Northridge and I...
— Episode: 184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Ec...
Episode: 184. What Can Vampires Teach Us About Economics?
It was discussed as a book containing essays from various scholars on topics like blood markets, zombie apocalypses, and the impact of the undead on the economy, presented with a serious tone and approach.
Both Jim and I had an interest in zombies and vampires and other forms of the undead going back many many years That's Glenn Whitman. He's an economist at California State University Northridge and I also have a second career as a TV writer I wrote for the TV show fringe for many years and now I'm writing for the TV show matador The Jim he mentioned is Jim Dow who teaches finance at Northridge In fact, the two of us bonded over Buffy the vampire slayer when we discovered that we were both fans of it And so Glenn Whitman and Jim Dow decided to put together a book called economics of the undead zombies vampires and the dismal science
It contains 23 essays by a variety of scholars with titles like tragedy of the blood commons the case for privatizing the humans and Investing secrets of the undead I am not kidding