Ecocomics – where comic books meet economics — is filled with brilliant musings such as:
- Where does the Canadian government get the money from to keep making super-soldiers?
- “In an earlier post, Mark mentioned that the construction industry in the comic book world must account for a large portion of the economy. I bet there is also a lucrative superhero/supernatural disaster insurance industry to deal with these externalities. “
- How does Two-Face fund his crime sprees?
- “The idea of mutation introduces some interesting concepts into the global economy. Marvel’s conception of a mutant race introduces an entire populace that has extraordinary abilities. In terms of culture, these individuals are an ethnicity who have their own customs and shared identity. But the mutant race also represents an entirely new venue for economy. “
As brilliant as Ecocomics is, we would very much like to see the relationship between economics and comic books go the other way as well.
Here to start, is a broody comic-book style Ben Bernanke pondering Treasuries:
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