Our music is taken from the song “Pourquoi je pas?”, and is kindly provided by Chocolat Billy, a band based in Bordeaux, France. To find out more about them, visit their pages on BandcampFacebook and the Free Music Archive.

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Melissa Kennedy is Professor of English Culture and Literature at the Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich, and Privatdozentin at the University of Vienna. She works on the connection between literature and economics and the role of narratives across both disciplines, as well as on reintroducing narrative literacy back into secondary education and teacher training.

She has written extensively about postcolonial literature, media, and culture – including Māori and New Zealand literature, the Ainu indigenous community in Japan, and Francophone minorities.

Melissa has also taught at various institutions in Austria, Japan, and France.

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EPISODE RESOURCES

Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism
by George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
Princeton University Press

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Penguin

The Golden Rule
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The Boy at the Back of the Class
by Onjali Q. Raúf
Penguin

The Original Meanings of the “American Dream” and “America First” Were Starkly Different From How We Use Them Today
by Anna Diamond
Smithsonian Magazine

The Ant & The Grasshopper
Library of Congress

The Fables of La Fontaine
by Jean de la Fontaine
Project Gutenberg

Doughnut Economics
by Kate Raworth
Kateraworth.com

Economics for Humans
by Julie A. Nelson
University of Chicago Press

A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question
by Alexandra Alter
New York Times

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Project Gutenberg

The OECD Better Life Index
OECD

The Wellbeing Economy Governments
Wellbeing Economy Alliance

Humankind: A Hopeful History
by Rutger Bregman
Bloomsbury

The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters
by Tom Oliver
Hachette

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
by Vivek Murthy
Vivekmurthy.com

Greed is Dead
by Paul Collier and John Kay
Penguin