Episode · EconTalk · 2020-01-13
Books mentioned on Adam Minter on Secondhand
Journalist and author Adam Minter talks about his book Secondhand with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Minter explores the strange and fascinating world of secondhand stuff--the downsizing that the elderly do when they move to smaller quarters, the unseen side of Goodwill Industries, and the global market for rags.
Russ Roberts discussed Secondhand by Adam Minter. Adam Minter discussed The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Secondhand
Discussed“so I think about my own life which your book may meet of course kind of played and I want to let listeners know we're we're gonna talk a little bit about this”
Where to get it
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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a widely known self-help and organizing guide that encourages individuals to evaluate their material possessions by keeping only those items that spark genuine joy.
Discussed“and she has she has she has written a book that became a television series called the Japanese art of decluttering”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Secondhand
“his latest book in the subject of today's episode is secondhand travels in the new global garage sale”
Plugged Secondhand
“well it was one of the reasons why I wanted to do the book”
Plugged Secondhand
“the company that I write about in in second hand called Starr wipers in Newark Ohio outside of Columbus”
Plugged Secondhand
“the other interesting thing and I didn't describe it in the book or in Bloomberg is there's also a lot of clothing goes through a magnet system”
Plugged Secondhand
“and I I described that a little bit in the book”