Title Page/Table of Contents -- Economics 101, a Novel

Economics 101, A Novel

(A College and Desert Island Love Story)

by Joel Matthew Rees

(Copyright 2016-2021, Joel Matthew Rees.)

All rights reserved.

 

This is intended as a simplified discussion of some of the basics of economics, in the form of a novel. It is not intended to constitute a complete theory. Fundamental to economics is a values framework of reference, and we want to simplify that.

Imagine how it would be if you were suddenly stranded on a desert island with your study partner, with whom you had been talking seriously about marriage. And you were both faithful followers of a religion that frowns on behaving as if you're married without actually getting married. What would that do to your individual and shared concepts of value?

(Perhaps I should be consider it assumed, but I will note here that the story contains some discussion of matters of a sexual nature. I will try to warn the cautious reader.) 

[JMR202104291249: I am bringing each chapter in below as I complete the necessary edits.]

0. Preamble
        -1. Value Added by Exchange
   
   0. The Framing Story (and Author's Foreword)
1. Entering College (in which meet Bobbie and Karel and a couple of their friends):
   
   1. Introducing Bobbie
   2. Introducing Karel
   3. Introducing Karel to Bobbie, And Vice Versa
   4. Going by Four
      
      1. Letters Home
      2. (Optional) Hexadecimal Time
         
2. First Semester (in which the four friends build their relationships with each other and with other students)
   
   1. Talking about Missions
   2. Beliefs and Attitudes
      
   3. Talking about Temples
   4. More Togetherness
      
3. Heading Back for the Second Semester (in which we listen to them discuss certain matters of sexual nature among other things on the road back to school.)
   
4. Second Semester (in which things become a little more complicated)
   
   1. Back to School
   2. Dating Others
   3.  
      
5. 
   

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[JMR202104291249: Rough draft table of contents here, for my own convenience: 
https://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/08/table-of-contents-for-economics-101.html
Rough draft chapters not brought over yet listed below.]

• Prologue 00 -- in which we frame the story on a desert island.[moved]
• Characterizations -- In which we find out how Bobbie and Karel came to the islands.
  
  • Chapter 01 -- in which Bobbie is admitted to graduate school, to work on her PhD.[moved]
  • Chapter 02 -- in which Karel and Dan are admitted to graduate school.[moved]
  • Chapter 03 -- In which Bobbie and Kristie finally meet Karel and Dan.[moved]
  • Chapter 04 -- In which the four become good friends while getting started in graduate school.[moved]
    
    • Chapter 04 Letters -- Letters home.[moved]
  • Chapter 05 -- In which the four spend the rest of their first semester together.[chapter split, edits complete]
    
    • Chapter 05.9 -- The trip back to school before their second semester starts, where they begin really trusting each other.
  • Chapter 06 -- In which things become a little complicated during the second semester.
    
    • Chapter 06.1 As the semester begins, they find things are not as easy as they were.
    • Chapter 06.2 Things get a little complicated as they begin dating others.
    • Chapter 06.3 And a lot more things happened during the second semester.
    • Chapter 06.4 And they studied about faith.
    • Chapter 06.5 And, finally, they got through the end of the semester and into summer.
  • Chapter 07 -- In which Dan and Kristie graduate and Karel and Bobbie try to figure out what the future holds for them.
    • Chapter 07.1 As the second year begins, they adjust to being resident assistants.
    • Chapter 07.2 And as the third semester continues, we watch them study concepts of love and romance.
    • Chapter 07.3 In the fourth semester, things get messy, but they start clearing up during summer.
  • Chapter 08 -- In which Karel and Bobbie get ready to go to the Islands.
  • Chapter 09 -- In which Bobbie and Karel do their research, but we ignore most of the details.
• Chapter 10 -- In which Bobbie and Karel's priorities begin to change.
• Next:
• Chapter 11 -- In which Wycliffe repents of his plot, maybe too late: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.jp/2016/03/economics-101-novel-ch11-wycliffe.html
• Chapter 12 -- In which Karel and Bobbie begin to explore the lab: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.jp/2016/03/economics-101-novel-ch12-tentative.html
• Chapter 13 -- In which Zedidiah begins searching for the missing: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.jp/2016/03/economics-101-novel-ch13-no-contact.html 
• Chapter 14 -- In which Bobbie and Karel take a look around their new home: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch14-morning-of.html
• Chapter 15 -- In which commitment is discussed and people behave responsibly: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.jp/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch15-storms.html
• Chapter 16 -- In which Wycliffe and his grandparents are chaperones: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.jp/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch16-dormitory-hall.html 
• Chapter 17 -- In which Karel and Bobbie discover that they still have to take it slow: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch17-taking-rest.html
• Chapter 18 -- In which Bobbie and Karel establish some basic patterns for survival: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch18-preparing-for.html
• Chapter 19 -- In which the author proposes a meaningless model of economic interaction: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch19-mathematical.html
• Chapter 20 -- In which two sets of parents begin a journey to find their children: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch20-moving-on-hunch.html
• Chapter 21 -- In which Zedidiah finds that Wycliffe has run out of fuel: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch21-checking-plane.html
• Chapter 22 -- In which Karel and Bobbie start settling into their work and learning to rest: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.jp/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch22-making-rope.html  
• Chapter 23 -- In which the search begins: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch23-searching-for.html
• Chapter 24 -- In which Wycliffe is found, and bid farewell: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch24-their-parents.html
• Chapter 25 -- In which Bobbie and Karel start learning to negotiate important things: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch25-looking-for.html 
• Chapter 26 -- In which important things are discovered and uncovered: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch26-finding-trees.html
• Chapter 27 -- In which Bobbie and Karel finally begin negotiating in earnest: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch27-keeping.html  
• Chapter 28 -- In which Bobbie and Karel practice architecture: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch28-planning-hut.html
• Chapter 29 -- In which I practice writing cheap paperback romance, gratis (or is it gratuitous?): http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch29-dreams.html  
• Chapter 30 -- In which Bobbie gains confidence in their future and Karel faces certain fears: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch30-fear-at-night.html
  
  [JMR20170419: -- strike: Chapter 31 has has been superseded.
  You probably do not want need to jump directly to read chapter 31.
  There are two versions below, and both actually start with have been superseded by moving the explicit version into chapter 30, with some rewriting.]
  
  
  • Chapter 31 (modest version) -- In which Karel's fears are resolved a bit too simply (modest version): http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch31-reality.html
  • Chapter 31 (alternate version -- content warning! -- In which certain sexual matters are discussed and Karel's fears are resolved a bit more directly explicitly: http://joel-rees-about-sex.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch31a-reality.html.
    (You'll have to click through the warning. It's only a discussion of important sexual matters, but I don't want people stumbling onto the discussion unaware of the content.)
    
    
  (It's too often thought to be unromantic for a couple to talk about sex before they actually offering to engage in it, and not to be romantic to verbally make the offer (ergo, to properly propose marriage and marry) before engaging in it. Not so. Proposing marriage and getting married is still an adventure, even if you do things in a proper order. What order you talk about specific things is not particularly pre-set, however.)
  
  
• Chapter 32 -- In which Karel and Bobbie rediscover the arts of weaving: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch32-weaving.html
• Chapter 33 -- In which Bobbie and Karel make their best efforts for the law on a rainy day: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-ch33-legal-basis.html
• Chapter 34 -- In which Bobbie and Karel get busy and start harvesting building materials: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/05/economics-101-novel-ch34-construction.html 
• Chapter 35 -- In which Karel and Bobbie continue harvesting building materials: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/05/economics-101-novel-ch35-bamboo-lumber.html
• Chapter 36 -- In which Karel and Bobbie experiment with the foods on the island while they wait for bamboo to leach and dry: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/05/economics-101-novel-ch36-learning.html 
• Chapter 37 -- In which Karel has a nightmare and Bobbie gets worried: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/06/economics-101-novel-ch37-legal.html
• Chapter 38 -- In which their parents and professor change their approach to searching for them, and Zedidiah takes his own approach: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/07/economics-101-novel-ch38-changing.html 
• Chapter 39 -- In which Karel and Bobby practice a little mathematics and look for a holy place: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/07/economics-101-novel-ch39-trig-in.html
• Chapter 40 -- In which Karel and Bobbie are helped to understand choices and covenants: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/08/economics-101-novel-ch40-choices-and.html  
• Chapter 41 -- In which Karel and Bobbie are able to satisfy the requirements of the laws of God, and of Man: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/08/economics-101-novel-ch41-covenants-made.html
• Chapter 42 -- In which Bobbie and Karel finally get to have a honeymoon and I engage in gratuitous moralizing and call it a prologue: http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/08/economics-101-novel-ch42-prologue.html
• Chapter 43 -- In which Bobbie and Karel weather a monsoon season, talk about money, and lose a baby (But do they really?): http://free-is-not-free.blogspot.com/2016/12/economics-101-novel-ch43-children.html  

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I had thought the rough draft was pretty much complete. There are at least one or two boring novels in the above, but I may continue to add chapters just for fun.

For some reason, it was surprising to me how quickly the story got mushy. I did not intend to write one of those pulp romance novels, here. I guess, since the simplification requires two people, and since human nature in the equations required that to be a male-female pair, it shouldn't have been surprising.

No, I did not intend the epilogue-turned-prologue to be chapter 42. Pure chance. If I had planned it that way, of course it wouldn't have worked. I had intended to write a few chapters getting their hut built, and move them out of the tent before what ended up as chapter 40, in case anyone is curious. I just ran out of time. (Which may be just as well, because I was also thinking about having them jump a shark or two in the process. :)

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* Original contents of this redirect post:
http://joel-rees-economics.blogspot.com/2016/08/table-of-contents-for-economics-101.html

* Original of this table of contents:

http://joel-rees-economics.blogspot.com/2016/04/economics-101-novel-rough-draft-index.html

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Some attempts at revisions:

* Starting a second draft of the island story:
https://joel-rees-economics.blogspot.jp/2016/06/econ101-novel-toc.html

* Starting a second draft of the college story (that went way overboard):
https://joel-rees-economics.blogspot.jp/2017/01/soc500-00-00-toc.html

* An embarrassing beginning of a fourth (or was it fifth) draft:
http://econ101-novel.blogspot.jp/2017/04/e00-table-of-contents-title-page.html