I came across this abstract on the ssrn system that I thought might touch the
funny bone or the dedicated teacher part of our collective existence -- the
paper can be downloaded for free- The author is from the Complutense
University in Madrid.
David Barkin
Mexico
Capitalism in Six Westerns by John Ford
Rodríguez Braun, Carlos
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1153578
Abstract:
The economic and institutional analysis of capitalism can be
illustrated through John Ford's westerns. This article focuses on six
classics by Ford that show the move toward modern order, the creation
of a new society and the rule of law. Economic features are pervading,
from property rights and contracts to markets, money and trade. Ford is
usually depicted as a simple radical critic of capitalism, but his
views prove to be more subtle, and present the ingredients of
capitalism in a pre-political world, a world with private settlers
aiming at building new communities in a hostile environment, frequently
with no political institutions apart from the army, and where civil or
pre-civil society dominated.
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