Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2011-10-10
Books mentioned on 44. Where Have All the Hitchhikers Gone?
Did we needlessly scare ourselves into ditching a good thing? And, with millions of cars driving around with no passengers, should we be rooting for a renaissance?
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Shock Value
“Jason Zinneman is a theater critic for the New York Times and he's the author of a book called Shock Value, which is about the horror films of the 1970s.”
Passing Popular Crime
“He's the guy who helped revolutionize the field of baseball statistics and he likes writing about crime too. His latest book is called Popular Crime.”
Passing Commuting in America
“He's what you might call a scholar of transportation behavior. He used to work for the U.S. Department of Transportation and he wrote a series of books called Commuting in America.”