Razor-sharp analyses uncover the economic and political premises embedded in some of the most popular TV programs of the past two decades. This volume can significantly change the way we look at television-and economics.

Jo Ann Cavallo, Professor of Italian and Italian Department Chair at Columbia University, USA

There is a lot written about the cultural biases of TV and its complex relationship to entrepreneurial capitalism, but rarely in as broad-reaching, comprehensive, and well-documented a manner as in this collection. Show and Biz offers scholars in many fields exciting new perspectives about a subject of considerable cultural importance and demonstrable relevance.

Alan Kahan, Université de Paris-Saclay, France

Popular culture, television, and good economics are not often enough considered together. Show and Biz? is a breakthrough work which helps to remedy this longstanding gap. It is highly readable and entertaining as well as instructive.

Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, USA

This edited volume of fifteen chapters covering fourteen shows is a much-needed update to the literature on economics and popular culture. It would be a welcome addition for the classroom and for the general reader.

The Independent Review