Monday, April 06, 2015

22 great sci-fi & fantasy stories that can help you make sense of economics

At io9 Diana Biller tagged 22 great science fiction and fantasy stories that can help you make sense of economics, including:
The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood

The Year of the Flood is a terrifying look at an economic breakdown caused by a combination of disasters and class divisions gone amok. Set in the same ecologically ravaged world as Oryx and Crake, the story examines a society where the government is a corporation, where the upper class live in special communes, and where undesirables are food.
Read about another entry on the list.

The Year of the Flood made Annalee Newitz's top ten list of works of fiction that might change the way you look at nature.

--Marshal Zeringue