Economics of the undead : zombies, vampires, and the dismal science

Introduction: grave thoughts on the dismal science / by Glen Whitman and James Dow -- Soulless mates -- Human girls and vampire boys, Part 1: looking for Mr. Goodbite / by Glen Whitman -- Human girls and vampire boys, part 2: 'til death do us part / by Glen Whitman -- Apocalyptonomics -- Packing for the zombie apocalypse / by James Dow -- Is it still a fallacy when zombies break the windows? / by Steven Horwitz and Sarah Skwire -- To truck, barter and eat your brains!!! : pursuing prosperity in a post-productive world / by Brian Hollar -- What happens next? : endgames of a zombie apocalypse / by Kyle William Bishop, David Tufte, and Mary Jo Tufte -- Order, coordination, and collective action among the undead / by Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marcil -- Blood money -- Investing secrets of the undead / by James Dow -- Zombification insurance / by Eleanor Brown and Robert Prag -- Monsters of capital : vampires, zombies, and consumerism / by Lorna Piatti-Farnell -- Trading with the undead: a study in specialization and comparative advantage / by Darwyyn Deyo and David T. Mitchell -- Buy or bite? / by Enrique Guerra-Pujol -- To shoot or to stake, that is the question : the market for anti-vampire weapons / by Charlotte Weil and Sébastien Lecou -- Taxation of the undead: non-sentient entities / by Joseph Mandarino -- The dead body politic tragedy of the blood commons : the case for privatizing the humans / by Glen Whitman -- Zombies as an invasive species / by Michael E. O'Hara -- What would the reasonable man do in a world gone mad? / by Brian Hollar -- Brain-dead vs. undead : public ignorance and the political economy of responses to vampires and zombies / by Ilya Somin -- Sinking our teeth into public policy economics : a taste of immortality / by Fabien Medvecky -- Where oh where have the vampires gone? : an extension of the tiebout hypothesis to the undead / by A.L. Phillips, M.C. Phillips, and G.M. Phillips -- Brain food -- The economics of bloodlust / by Ian Chadd -- Between gods and monsters : reason, instinct, and the artificial vampire / by Daniel Farhat -- Killing time : Dracula and social discoordination / by Hollis Robbins -- Pop culture bibliography -- Contributor biographies