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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2017-11-30

Books mentioned on 310. Are We Running Out of Ideas?

1 book · With Steve Levitt, John Van Reenen, Nicholas Bloom, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith · Listen

Economists have a hard time explaining why productivity growth has been shrinking. One theory: true innovation has gotten much harder – and much more expensive.

Zach Weinersmith discussed Soonish by Kelly Weinersmith and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Soonish

    Kelly Weinersmith; Zach Weinersmith · at 38:33

    Discussed
    “The one thing that gives me a little bit of optimism is I think somewhat famously in the 19th century physics, there were a lot of people that thought they had reached the point where we were just figuring out the details.”
    Zach Weinersmith 310. Are We Running Out of Ideas? 2017-11-30
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Passing Soonish
“The Wienersmiths are a married couple and they've written a book together called Soonish, 10 Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and or Ruin Everything.”
Stephen Dubner 310. Are We Running Out of Ideas? 2017-11-30
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