11/9/2022 0 Comments Economix comics![]() ![]() ![]() It is this author’s assumption that “…today’s justifications for extreme inequalities of wealth and power are horse-pucky, just like yesterday’s, and will completely fade away.” In other words, there’s absolutely no need for a 1% to make the system work for the other 99%. As the comic starts to venture into the present day, Goodwin admits his own political ideas and history. Goodwin tells the story of the development of economics theory from its pre-Enlightenment nascent state, to the convoluted mess that we are left with today. If you came to me asking for a starting point in this arena, my surefire response would be to go out and get a copy of Economix: How Our Economy Works and Doesn’t Work In Words and Pictures.Īuthors: Michael Goodwin, David Bach, Joel Bakan There are a variety of “economic comics” to chose from out there and each one has a different approach to the field. ![]() And so daunting and courageous it is to see artists and writers undertake the so-called “dismal science” to the pages of the graphic medium. By Zachary Johnson-Dunlop | Economics is seen by most of us as one of the most boring academic disciplines: it’s all the computation of a Math degree, with the fevered opinion of a Poli-Sci degree, and most of the public understands it about half as well as they understand either of those. ![]()
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