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How do you cut through the economic jargon and make it interesting using layman's terms - or should that be literary terms... In the programme Sean Farrington talks to economist Geraint Johnes about his new book,'Economics for Lovers of Literature'. In it Geraint explains economic theory and how it is explained and brought to life by some of the most popular English literary figures. The book draws on writers like James Joyce, George Eliot, Edith Wharton, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and Elizabeth Gaskell. Each chapter is framed around a quote from a classic text of English literature that helps tease out a key economic concept and demonstrate its broader relevance.
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