Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-08-06

Books mentioned on 215. Why Do We Really Follow the News?

1 book · With Maya, Anya, Logan, Alex Frankel, Jeff Ely, Amir Kamenica, Matt Gentzkow, Jesse Shapiro, Mitchell Stephens, Steve Levitt, Jill Abramson, Dan Kahan · Listen

There are all kinds of civics-class answers to that question. But how true are they?

Jill Abramson discussed The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Old Curiosity Shop

   Charles Dickens · at 30:25

   The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens is a classic serialized Victorian novel following the tragic trials of Little Nell and her grandfather as they navigate poverty and hardship in nineteenth-century England.

   Discussed

   “You know, I was just reminded of, you know, the days when Charles Dickens used to publish his novels in serial form. And there'd be people standing, Londoners standing on the docks, waiting for the latest chapters of the old curiosity shop to be delivered”

   Jill Abramson 215. Why Do We Really Follow the News? 2015-08-06 ▶ Play 30:25

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