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Cartoons and Economics: General Analysis Based on Colombian Economic Cartoons

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Resumen

  • 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.

fecha de publicación

  • 2009-08

Líneas de investigación

  • Cartoons
  • Colombia
  • Economic Cartoon
  • Economic History

Issue

  • 5746