Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2016-08-11
Books mentioned on 256. What Are You Waiting For?
Standing in line represents a particularly sloppy - and frustrating - way for supply and demand to meet. Why haven't we found a better way to get what we want?
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Modern Romance
“He talks about his book, Modern Romance. To me, the craziest statistic in the book is in 1967, there was a study they did where they found 76% of women said they would marry someone that they are not romantically in love with.”