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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2016-02-18

Books mentioned on 236. How Can This Possibly Be True?

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A famous economics essay features a pencil (yes, a pencil) arguing that “not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make me.” Is the pencil just bragging?

Stephen Dubner discussed Free to Choose by Milton Friedman.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Free to Choose

    Milton Friedman · at 15:31

    Free to Choose by Milton Friedman is a prominent exposition of free-market economics and classical liberalism.

    Discussed
    “In 1980, he made a public TV series called Free to Choose, based on his book of the same name.”
    Stephen Dubner 236. How Can This Possibly Be True? 2016-02-18
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Plugged Adapt
“This is the lesson I draw in my book, Adapt. You need to carry out lots of experiments and you need to create a system that allows lots of experiments.”
Tim Harford 236. How Can This Possibly Be True? 2016-02-18
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