Jurij Murasov, born in 1952, is a professor for Slavic literatures and literary theory at Universität Konstanz. He has been Principal investigator in the Cluster of Excellence »Cultural Foundations of Integration« 2007-2019. He has published articles and books about literature, media, and culture in Eastern and Southeastern Europe and Central Asia.
Davor Beganovic, born in 1959, is a lecturer for Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian languages and literatures at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. He has published books and articles about South Slavic literatures and cultures, narratology, theory of literature, and memory.
Andrea Lesic, born in 1972, is an associate professor of comparative literature and literary theory at the Philosophy Faculty, University of Sarajevo. She has published on literary theory, memory studies, South Slavic literatures, and popular genres.

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Cultures of Economy 7
An Economic Survey of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 35
Imagining the zadruga 57
What Were the Outcomes of the Self-Managed Economy in Socialist Yugoslavia? 79
Work as a Cure 97
Economy and the Cult of Relics 111
Artists and Merchants 123
Architecture and its Value(s) 135
Fortunes and Misfortunes of Usury 143
The Socialist Robber-Baron as a Superfluous Man 169
Narration as Misunderstanding 193
The End of the Socialist (An-)Economy, Money, and the Beginning of Literary Narration 207
Beyond Economy 229
Economy on Stage 247
Contributors 265