Economic fact in literary fiction
Planet Money
The Poetic Sense of Wonder in Shipping Trade
The insight highlights the poetic sense of wonder applied to the logistical processes in the shipping trade, as described in the Glass Hotel. The passage evokes a lyrical way of depicting the continuous movement of ships as rivers of electric brilliance over the night oceans. This imagery captures the unceasing movement that drives countries, portraying shipping as a secret world and a giant engine of revealed preference. It is described as behavioral economics on the largest possible scale, beautifully painted by Emily.
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