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Cartoons and economics: general analysis based on colombian economic cartoons

Marta Villaveces Niño () and Paul Rodriguez Lesmes

No 5746, Documentos de Trabajo from Universidad del Rosario

Abstract: May cartoons be considered as a viable and credible source for the study of economics? There is hardly any research on the subject, even though there is a quite significant amount of cartoons with economic content. This suggests that economics (and economists) have not paid enough attention and do not incorporate in their analysis a relevant primary source. The present paper aims to explore the value of using cartoons as a complementary primary source in economic analysis. We present a way of analyzing economic history through cartoons; first, reviewing cartoons which describe particular historical circumstances and second, examining cartoons that represent generic economic situations and are not necessarily linked to a historical period. We choose 17 cartoons, from different cartoonist, especially Colombian cartoonists that may give us an idea of economic matters and economic history.

Keywords: Cartoons; economic history; Colombia; economic cartoon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 2009-08-13
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