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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2010-03-24

Books mentioned on 3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?

1 book · With John Zogby, Steven D. Levitt, Mart Laar, Russ Roberts, Allie, Patrick Friedman · Listen

In this episode we speculate what would happen if economists got to run the world. Hear from a high-end call girl; an Estonian who ran his country according to the gospel of Milton Friedman; and a guy who wants to start building new nations in the middle of the ocean.

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 8:12 · mentioned 2 times

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

    Discussed
    “So you read Free to Choose by Milton Friedman. Yep. And you thought, well, this stuff sounds great, and it sounds very logical, and there probably wouldn't be a book like this if he hadn't gotten to do all these things.”
    Stephen Dubner 3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge? 2010-03-24
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Freakonomics
“Steve Leavitt is my co-author on Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics. He's an economist.”
Stephen Dubner 3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge? 2010-03-24
Passing Superfreakonomics
“Steve Leavitt is my co-author on Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics. He's an economist.”
Stephen Dubner 3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge? 2010-03-24
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