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O'Roark, Brian,

Why Superman doesn't take over the world : what superheroes can tell us about economics / - First edition. - x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

TRP40/306
Rs.695/-

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Everyone Loves a Good Backstory, Even Economists --
Who Is That Masked Man? --
Keep Your Friendds Close, Or Why Do Superheroes Team Up? --
But Your Enemies Closer... Why Do Superheroes Fight Each Other? --
Don't Give Up Your Day Job. Why Do Superheroes Go to Work? --
Give Up Already! When Superheroes Are Fighting Crime, Who Wants to Be a Criminal? --
Who's Going to Clean Up This Mess? --
Where Do They Get Those Wonderful Toys? --
Why Don't Superheroes Take Over the World? --
Who Is the Greatest of Them All?.

Why do some superheroes have day jobs? Why do villains keep trying even though they almost never win? Why don't heroes simply take over the world? With brilliant deadpan humour, comic aficionado professor J. Brian O'Roark uses the tools of economics to explain superheroes, and the world of superheroes to explain economics.

ISBN: 9780198829478

LCCN: 2018954999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics--Popular works.
Economics.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Popular works.

LC Class. No.: / .O32 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 330 ORO