Economics is often used in literary studies, but rarely free market economics. Austrian economics, with its emphasis on subjective value (Menger), human action (Mises), spontaneous order and knowledge (Hayek), and entrepreneurship (Kirzner), seems a particularly fruitful source of ideas for literary studies.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Market for Shakespeare
Mises.org has a nice piece on Shakespeare by Morgan Brown titled Shakespeare: The Ultimate Market Product. I am sure anti-market types would argue that this diminishes Shakespeare, but in fact it does nothing of the sort. The market cannot successfully market things nobody wants.
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My Name Is 'William Shakespeare', And I Approve Of This Message.
ReplyDeleteMy story of vainglory,
Of wits without profits,
My sound and fury saga
Leaves me weary, stale and flat.
Here I sit toward the lag-end,
Weak, times I squeak:
I have been antiqued.
James Willen
jwillen@hotmail.com