Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us

Running head: ZOMBIE ECONOMICS
ZOMBIE ECONOMICS
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Question 1:
The purpose of this article is to highlight on the representation of the zombies in the new
millennium metaphorically. The American dream is rapidly disappearing with the collapse of the
economy (Harcourt, 2016). Zombie has become one of the most popular concepts in the movies
from the 90s classical era and this fame is not limited till the boundaries of movies but is also
increasingly popular in the genre of books and video games. This article has taken the fame of
zombies and turned it into a metaphorical message to depict the current scenario of the economy
and its impact upon the people.
Question 2:
The metaphor of zombie represented the people’s sense of powerlessness, their
diminishing of dreams and an increasing sense of horror due to the violence that was emitted
from the government. This metaphor that aroused from the popularity of the concept was
gradually related with economics in terms of collapsing of the contemporary economy. The
zombies’ powerlessness symbolizes the inability to sustain the American Dream and their armies
represent the countless strangers that people fear, are going to rob them of their belongings
(O'Kane, 2017). Zombies also represent the millions of jobless Americans who were ripped off
their livelihoods due to the arrival of millions of immigrants.
Question 3:
Zombies which are basically walking dead armies have become an icon of horror for the
generation. It gives an expression to all the unexpressed fears that every human carries within