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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2012-01-19

Books mentioned on 58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common?

1 book · With Sherwin Nuland, Michael Langberg, Alan Krueger, Austin Goolsbee, Anna Maria Lusardi, Lauren Willis · Listen

Education is the surest solution to a lot of problems. Except when it’s not.

Stephen Dubner discussed The Doctors' Plague by Sherwin B. Nuland.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Doctors' Plague

    Sherwin B. Nuland · at 3:30

    The Doctors' Plague by Sherwin B.

    Discussed
    “He wrote a book called The Doctor's Plague about the situation at Vienna General Hospital.”
    Stephen Dubner 58. What Do Hand-Washing and Financial Illiteracy Have in Common? 2012-01-19
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