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Chart: When The Economy Booms, Dystopias Rule

io9.com — We charted the number of dystopian movies in the U.S. for each of the last 30 years, against economic downturns, and found that dystopian movies are counter-cyclical. That is, dystopian films do best when the economy is booming, and a fall in the number of dystopian movies may predict a recession.

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  • Tinu, on 02/22/2008, -0/+3IS the converse also true?
  • vsujohn2, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1Bioshock was pretty badass, though not a movie or completely relevant to the topic.
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