"Akumu-Hakase-no Keizai-Nyumon" by TACHIBANA Akira

TACHIBANA Akira is a Japanese write who mainly writes about economical or financial matters.

Dr. Akumu is a 70-year-old man who have studied philosophy, mathematics, physics, biology, and he established an institute to save public people with his knowledge. Fanfan is a reception clerk, and Lynrei is an assistant of Dr. Akumu. They are brother and sister, and working for him...

The title means "Introduction to Economics by Dr. Akumu". The book separated into 5 sections, and each section explains one item. They are behavioral economics, prisoner's dilemma, network economics, social psychology, and Goedel's incompleteness theorems. The complicated schemes are explained easily by using stories of the Mafia, those who debt large amount of money, and so on. The doctor's name Akumu is the same pronunciation of the Japanese word meaning nightmare, and this book is full of black humors...

(Finished reading on Apr. 2, 2008)


The more detailed Japanese version of this article is here!

Japanese character(s) (kanji)
* TACHIBANA Akira : 橘玲
* Akumu-Hakase-no Keizai-Nyumon : 亜玖夢博士の経済入門
* KUSE Sanae : 久世早苗