Abstract
The article suggests a list of principles that guide this new genre of popular writing in and on economics: the new kiosk economics of everything. These well-selling books seek to show how the simple ideas of economics are able to reveal hidden mechanisms that unify a surprising variety of everyday phenomena and by doing so entertain their readers and improve the public image of economics. It is also argued that there is a special limited sense in which this qualifies as scientific imperialism.
Acknowledgements
The paper was prepared within TINT – Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, sponsored by the Academy of Finland and the University of Helsinki.