{
  "id": 6165548,
  "title": "'The Jungle Book' offers an unconventional tool for undergraduate economics education",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/the-jungle-book-offers-an-unconventional-tool-for-undergraduate",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-07T20:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-jungle-unconventional-tool-undergraduate-economics.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Research in the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education argues that \"The Jungle Book\" can serve as an unconventional teaching tool for undergraduate economics, using the original stories by Rudyard Kipling as well as Disney film adaptations to introduce concepts ranging from scarcity and sustainability to happiness and development.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}