Comments on: The Political Economy of the Hunger Games (outsourced) http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-political-economy-of-the-hunger-games-outsourced/ Facts, Thoughts, and Commentary Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: George Martin http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-political-economy-of-the-hunger-games-outsourced/#comment-143571 George Martin Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:47:45 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=4590#comment-143571 Your recent post is the first I’ve ever seen that mentions the non-consumer use of oil. I have long pondered, in light of peak oil, etc., what is going to happen to plastics and chemical industries when oil really gets scarce?

Just about everything we use (oh, and fertilizers, too) comes from oil. When the price, and eventually availability, get really difficult, what does the economy do?

I suspect future generations are going to be very upset with us for driving away all the oil in gas-sucking big cars and SUVs.

]]> By: Michael http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-political-economy-of-the-hunger-games-outsourced/#comment-143294 Michael Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:10:05 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=4590#comment-143294 I was about to say — if you think this is a dystopia, visit a Southern city and then the hinterlands.

]]> By: Phil Perspective http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-political-economy-of-the-hunger-games-outsourced/#comment-142672 Phil Perspective Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:00:13 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=4590#comment-142672 Would it really work in real life? Just look at North Korea.

]]> By: bakho http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-political-economy-of-the-hunger-games-outsourced/#comment-142876 bakho Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:26:50 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=4590#comment-142876 If you want to see an extractive exploitative economy in action, take a trip to the coal mining areas of West Virginia. It was much worse in the days of the company stores and conditions that sparked the mine wars in 1921.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain

The HungerGame books operate on the common success formula. Create a compelling character who attracts sympathy from the reader. Torture the character and have them resist and overcome the evil.

IMHO- these books take the torture of the main character over the top. The author takes all the hopeful relationships of the main character and destroys them all one by one.

I preferred the Golden Compass but they probably won’t make the sequel because in the books, they kill God.

]]> By: jo6pac http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/the-political-economy-of-the-hunger-games-outsourced/#comment-142832 jo6pac Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:13:30 +0000 http://jaredbernsteinblog.com/?p=4590#comment-142832 or Amerika for that matter

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