Book · 2019 · Business & Economics
Secondhand
Travels in the New Global Garage Sale
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Let's talk about goodwill which I didn't think much about until I read your book.
What they say about it
- Discussing book contents“you write about that in the book”2
The best things said about it
One of the issues your book will come back to maybe at the end is the fact that the most things in our world last very long.
As I was reading your book I was wondering if there's some data one could get at about waste about garbage about throwing stuff out that shows how widespread that affluence is.
Why people recommend it
Every mention
Russ Roberts so I think about my own life which your book may meet of course kind of played and I want to let listeners… 10
Discussed
“so I think about my own life which your book may meet of course kind of played and I want to let listeners know we're we're gonna talk a little bit about this”
Discussed
“and your book suggests they might not”
Discussed
“and you have this statistic in here”
Discussed
“and you write about that in the book quite a few times”
Discussed
“let's talk about goodwill which I I didn't think much about until I read your book”
Discussed
“one of the issues your book will come back to maybe at the end is the fact that the most things in our world last very long”
Discussed
“as I was reading your book I was wondering if there's some data one could get at about waste about garbage about throwing stuff out that shows how widespread that affluence is”
Discussed
“and you talk in the book about one of the challenges that emotionally especially whenever I've given up just everyday items but people's collection of X”
Critiqued
“you say in 1924 the world's largest lighting manufacturers formed a cartel that agreed to reduce the lifespan of light bulbs as a mean of boosting sales”
Discussed
“as you point out at one point in the book most I'm aren't recyclable”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“his latest book in the subject of today's episode is secondhand travels in the new global garage sale”
Plugged
“well it was one of the reasons why I wanted to do the book”
Plugged
“the company that I write about in in second hand called Starr wipers in Newark Ohio outside of Columbus”
Plugged
“the other interesting thing and I didn't describe it in the book or in Bloomberg is there's also a lot of clothing goes through a magnet system”
Plugged
“and I I described that a little bit in the book”