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Spring 2016

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 31, Number 1

Categories: Spring 2016 | Public Choice

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),2016,57–69ECONOMICEDUCATIONPublicChoiceLessonsfromtheWizardingWorldofHarryPotterMartaPodemska-MikluchGustavusAdolphusCollegeDarwyynDeyoGeorgeMasonUniversityDavidT.MitchellUniversityofCentralArkansas______________________________________________________AbstractJ.K.Rowling’sseriesofbooksabouttheunderagewizardHarryPotterisaneffectivetoolforintroducingstudentstothekeyconceptsofpublicchoice.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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Title	Public Choice Lessons from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Authors/Creators:	Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College Darwyyn Deyo, George Mason University David T. Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas
Year:	2016
Volume:	31
Number:	1
Pages:	57 - 69
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	edutainment, economic pedagogy, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter, public choice, rent seeking

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Podemska-Mikluch, Marta; Deyo, Darwyyn; Mitchell, David T. / 2016. "Public Choice Lessons from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 31(1): 57-69.