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María Blanco is Associate Professor of Economic History and Institutions at Universidad San Pablo-CEU in Madrid, Spain.Alberto Mingardi is Associate Professor of the history of political thought at IULM University in Milan, Italy. He is also Director General of Istituto Bruno Leoni and a Presidential Scholar in Political Theory at Chapman University (Orange, Ca).

• DedicationPrefaceMaría Blanco (Universidad CEU-San Pablo, Spain) and Alberto Mingardi (IULM University, Italy)1. Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise in the Gilmore GirlsNur Baysal (University of St Andrews, UK)2. Supplies, Slaves, and Sex: Firefly and the Ethical Frontiers of EntrepreneurshipSarah Skwire (LibertyFund, USA)3. Entrepreneurship and the Market Economy in The Wire: Stringer’s Ill-fated Second ChanceStefano Adamo (University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)4. Growing Up with the Country: Deadwood and the Business of AmericaMichael Valdez Moses (Chapman University, USA)5. The Bourgeois Virtues in Deadwood: Challenging American IdeologyBart J. Wilson, Nicholas A. Callen, Jan Osborn, Max Schartz, Colin White (Chapman University, USA)6. Mad Men: An Anti-capitalistic Ode to the PresentLuigi Marco Bassani (University of Milan, Italy)7. Gossip Girl: The Business of Being FamousManuel Santos Redondo (Universidad Complutense, Spain)8. Looking Into the Jaws of Capitalism: Shark Tank and Economic TheoryPaul A. Cantor (University of Virginia, USA)9. Parks and Recreation: Mouse Rat, Snake Juice, and the Cones of DunshireDylan Pahman (Acton Institute, USA)10. The Newsroom Carlos Rodríguez Braun (Universidad Complutense, Spain)11. Clueless Innovators and Boring Managers: Popular Perceptions of Business in Halt and Catch FireNikolai Wenzel (Fayetteville State University, USA)12. StartUp on TVIrene Correas Sosa (Universidad CEU-San Pablo, Spain)13. Narcos: México: Drugs, Public Opinion, Venezuela, and “Neoliberalism”Fernando Claro14. A Tale of Two Villains: Finance and the State in the TV series BillionsCarlo Amenta (University of Palermo, Italy)15. Inequalities at the End of the World: Snowpiercer, Entrepreneurship and DisorderAlberto Mingardi (IULM University, Italy)Index

Razor-sharp analyses uncover the economic and political premises embedded in some of the most popular TV programs of the past two decades. This volume can significantly change the way we look at television—and economics.