Econopoetics and the great chain of handouts -- The mousetrap : the price of staying alive -- Inconspicuous consumption : of toothpicks and leftovers -- The water carrier : from subsistence to prosperity -- The economic culture of toledan provecho -- Lázaro de Tormes : what's in a name? -- Will Lazarus ever be a wage earner? -- The cost of education : a tale of two cities -- The economy of genre