Superheroes and Economics

Brian O’Roark is a University Professor of Economics at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, USA. He is on the board of directors for the Journal of Economics Teaching and serves in the role of associate editor. In 2014, Brian was given the Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award by the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration and in 2016 he received the President’s Award for Outstanding Teaching at RMU.Rob Salkowitz is an author, consultant and educator focused on the impact of new technology on work, business and popular culture. He is author of four books as well a contributor to FORBES and his work has appeared in Fast Company, Publishers Weekly, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg Business Week and ICv2, the trade publication of the comics and gaming industry. He teaches in the Communication Leadership Graduate Program at the University of Washington, USA and is founding partner in MediaPlant.

• Dedication, Contributors, Preface. 1 Economic Realism in the Worlds of Alan Moore, Rob Salkowitz. 2 The High Cost of Being Batman, Clair Smith. 3 Wonder Woman: Feminist and Economic Icon, James Bryan. 4 Poor Peter Parker: Spider Sense Doesn't Apply to Making a Living, Patrick Holt. 5 From Weakling to Superhero: The Economics of Captain America, John Robinson and William C. Wood. 6 The Political Economy of Black Panther’s Wakanda, Bob Subrick. 7 Truth, Justice and the Economic Way, Brian O’Roark. 8 From the Comic Book to the Real World: The Principal-Agent Problem and Moral Hazards When Iron Man Flies Over Your Backyard, Deborah Kozdras & Antoinette Criss. 9 The Shadow v. Batman: Contrasting Approaches to "Producing" Justice, John Swinton. 10 The Avengers vs. The Incredible (But Unpredictable) Hulk, Amanda Mandzik. Index

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