"Nekonomics" once referred to the unexpectedly dramatic increase in revenue that businesses could earn simply by having a pet cat as a mascot. Today it has evolved into something more widespread in Japanese society - the enormous and rapidly-growing market of felines and feline accessories.

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Sources:

• Tama (cat), Wikipedia
• Tama, AFP
• Girl and Cat blog
• Cat becomes Lord of a Castle, Next Shark
• Nekonomics: a Brief Introduction, Medium
• Nekonomics in Japan, NZ Herald
• What is Nekonomics?, Teller Report
• The Cat Controllers of Japan, Hyper Japan
• Nekonomics Does its Bit, Yoru no Kitsune blog
• Goat Café, Guardian
• Tashirojima, aka Nekojima, Wikipedia