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Spring 2016
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 31, Number 1

Public Choice Lessons from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College
Darwyyn Deyo, George Mason University
David T. Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise31(1),2016,5769ECONOMICEDUCATIONPublicChoiceLessonsfromtheWizardingWorldofHarryPotterMartaPodemska-MikluchGustavusAdolphusCollegeDarwyynDeyoGeorgeMasonUniversityDavidT.MitchellUniversityofCentralArkansas______________________________________________________AbstractJ.K.RowlingsseriesofbooksabouttheunderagewizardHarryPotterisaneffectivetoolforintroducingstudentstothekeyconceptsofpublicchoice.Bykeepingpoliticalfiguresattheforefrontofthestory,Rowlingencouragesstudentstorecognizethedifferentincentivesindividualsfaceinmarketsversuspolitics.Toilluminatethepedagogicalpotentialoftheseriesandtoeaseitsadoption,wediscussasetofexamplesthatbestillustratethekeyconceptsofpublicchoice.Wealsoshareaclassroomexerciseshowcasinghowtheseriescanbeusedtopromoteactivelearning.______________________________________________________JELCodes:A11,A13,A22,D01,D7,D72Keywords:edutainment,economicpedagogy,J.K.Rowling,HarryPotter,publicchoice,rentseekingI.IntroductionTheHarryPotterseriesisanabundantresourceforanyinstructorinterestedinteachingpublicchoicetoundergrads.1Inadditiontotheincrediblepopularityoftheseries,2therearetwootherreasonsfor1DeyoandPodemska-Mikluch(2014)demonstratethebenefitsofinvitingHarryPotterandhisfriendsintoprinciplesofeconomicsclassrooms.Webuilduponthatworkbyillustratingtheusefulnessoftheseriesinteachingpublicchoice.2Of1,000individualsinterviewedin2006forTheKidsandFamilyReadingReport,54percentofchildrenand50percentofadultshadreadatleastoneoftheHarryPotterbooks(Yankelovich2006).Intervieweeswereselectedinamall-interceptin
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