Hunger Games Is Fiction No More

Hunger Games Is Fiction No More
The burning symbol of the movie is pictured during a preview event for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1” at Kraftwerk Mitte in Berlin on Nov. 11, 2014. Christian Marquardt/Getty Images
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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When “The Hunger Games” first came out more than a decade ago, the dystopia it presented was compelling and sophisticated but also implausible. Recently, I wondered how it had held up and rewatched the first three films (I don’t know about the others).

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]