As the crowd began to agree, the Specter started to thin. It didn't vanish instantly—zombie ideas are stubborn—but the light finally hit the pavement. Elias didn't stop there. He knew there were other ghosts to fight: the Privatization Ghoul and the Invisible Hand Wraith were still lurking in the suburbs.
One morning, Elias decided he’d had enough of the "Zombie" ideas choking his home. He didn't use a sword or a spell; he used a megaphone and a giant projection screen. He set up in the town square, right under the Specter’s shadow. Contra Los Zombis Paul Krugman epub
He picked up his scrolls and started walking. He had a lot of myths to bust, and finally, the sun was at his back. As the crowd began to agree, the Specter started to thin
The following is a story inspired by the themes in Paul Krugman's Contra los Zombis , where "zombie ideas" are economic myths that refuse to die despite being proven wrong by evidence. The City of Echoes He knew there were other ghosts to fight:
"It’s not real," a baker shouted, pointing at the ghost. "It’s just a bad idea we’re too tired to let go of!"
In the city of Aethelgard, the sun never quite reached the pavement. It wasn't because of clouds, but because of the "Zombies"—not the flesh-eating kind, but towering, translucent monoliths of thought that drifted through the streets.
