@article{SnowerAkerlof, author = {Snower, Dennis and Akerlof, George A.}, title = {Bread and Bullets}, series = {Elsevier Journal of Economic Behavior \& Organization}, volume = {126}, journal = {Elsevier Journal of Economic Behavior \& Organization}, number = {June 2016}, doi = {10.1016/j.jebo.2015.10.021}, pages = {58 -- 71}, abstract = {Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities; defining power relations; and establishing and conveying social norms. This paper describes the role narratives play in decision making, as it also juxtaposes this description against the backdrop of the Bolshevik-spawned narrative that played a critical role in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century.}, language = {en} }