Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2015-10-08
Books mentioned on 223. Should Kids Pay Back Their Parents for Raising Them?
When one athlete turned pro, his mom asked him for $1 million. Our modern sensibilities tell us she doesn't have a case.
Stephen Dubner discussed Pricing the Priceless Child by Viviana A. Zelizer and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. Hendrik Hartog discussed Someday All This Will Be Yours by Hendrik Hartog.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Pricing the Priceless Child
Discussed“So what I've tried to do is to show, well, not really. In a 1994 book called Pricing the Priceless Child, Zelizer showed how the economic role of children has changed over time.”
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Someday All This Will Be Yours
Discussed“That's Hendrik Hartog. I teach history and American studies at Princeton. I'm the author of several books, but most recently, Someday All This Will Be Yours, A History of Inheritance and Old Age.”
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua is a provocative memoir that examines strict parenting philosophies, cultural differences in academic drive, and the demands of immigrant parenting models.
Discussed“Chua was born in the States to Chinese parents who'd immigrated from the Philippines. She wrote a book called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother about the strengths and limits of strict Chinese parenting.”
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