Episode 368 - Economic Lessons from Literature-The Verger and Harrison Bergeron

In the past year, two short stories have come to Ron and Ed's attention that provide some economic insights: Somerset Maugham's The Verger and Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron. In The Verger, a church employee is fired even though he does his work quite satisfactorily. Bergeron is a cautionary tale of the notion of equity - equality of outcome. Links can be found here if you want to read them beforehand: * The Verger - https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/Maugham_The_Verger_0.pdf * Harrison Bergeron - https://www.iwp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Harrison-Bergeron.pdf