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Economics through mysteries

Can detective stories be a clever gateway to learning complex subjects? Two American professor show the way

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4 min read Last Updated : Sep 22 2023 | 10:41 PM IST

The legendary American literary critic Edmund Wilson penned Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? in The New Yorker back in 1945. Eight decades on, people still care about the Agatha Christie thriller, while most people have forgotten Edmund Wilson. This is the allure of a classic detective story. So, can detective stories also be an effective way to learn a subject?

Perhaps, yes. Recently, I discovered a series of detective novels of an exceptional genre. What sets this apart is that the amateur investigator, Henry Spearman, also happens to be a Harvard professor of economics who would ultimately win the

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