{"id":16169,"date":"2015-06-02T11:16:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T16:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=16169"},"modified":"2015-06-02T11:27:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T16:27:29","slug":"new-stuff-tuesday-june-2-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/16169","title":{"rendered":"New Stuff Tuesday – June 2, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Economics<\/p>\n

Economics of the Undead: <\/strong>
\nZombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science
\nedited by Glen Whitman and James Dow
\nHQ801 .E334 2014<\/a>
\nNew Arrivals Island<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n

If you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/a>, True Blood<\/a>, or The Walking Dead<\/a> and you have to take an Economics class at some point, you should definitely check out Economics of the Undead<\/em>. The book explains basic economic concepts through the lens of popular books, movies, and television shows about vampires and zombies. Be a step ahead of your classmates and learn about the role of choice in economics by analyzing Buffy’s relationship with Angel. Get a better grasp on the broken window fallacy by relating it to the zombie apocalypse. Twenty-three chapters look at subjects like this while referencing Zombieland<\/a>, Twilight<\/a>, The Vampire Chronicles<\/a>, and more. <\/p>\n

Whether you’re completely new to economics or an expert, this book is guaranteed to be a fun read. But be warned: spoilers abound.<\/p>\n

\"Buffy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Economics of the Undead: Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science edited by Glen Whitman and James Dow HQ801 .E334 2014 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor If you’re a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, or The Walking Dead … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[198,1223,185,69220,48717],"class_list":["post-16169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-stuff-tuesdays","tag-economics","tag-economy","tag-new-stuff","tag-vampires","tag-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16169"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16177,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16169\/revisions\/16177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}