Nostalgianomics, or Economic Amnesia?

Nostalgianomics, or Economic Amnesia?

In his novel Ignorance, the late Milan Kundera called nostalgia “the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.” Nostalgia is a powerful force, particularly so today.  For years, Hollywood has tapped into our desire to return to the past to cash in. Though Disney’s 2025 flop Snow White shows the formula is far from foolproof, reboots, sequels, and “requels” have dominated at the box office the last two decades: Batman Begins (2005), T…