ABSTRACT
One of the most successful of the recent stream of Dystopian literature is certainly Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. The citizens of Panem are kept under the thumb of an autocratic ruler situated in the Capitol – the seat of government. The Hunger Games as a whole has numerous economic applications. This chapter examines how the agents of the Capitol keep the outlying districts from increasing their economic activity and advancing their standards of living. Economists, in their calculating way, see a host of lost opportunities, unnecessary hardships, and downright foolhardy policy decisions. In economics, there are two primary divisions: microeconomics and macroeconomics. In market-leaning economies, governments frequently step in to regulate businesses. Economic systems help to explain the ways countries organize and allocate resources to achieve objectives. To end the Hunger Games the citizens of Panem need to throw off the economic shackles imposed by the Capitol.
