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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-05-18

Books mentioned on 543. How to Return Stolen Art

1 book · With Patricia Allen, Andrea Bayer, Lonnie G. Bunch III, Tom Wilkening, Patty Gerstenblith, Dan Hicks, Victor Ihamanor · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Museums are purging their collections of looted treasures. Can they also get something in return?

Stephen Dubner discussed Protecting Antiquities by Michael Kremer and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Protecting Antiquities

    Michael Kremer; Tom Wilkening · at 29:42

    Discussed
    “Wilkening and Kramer eventually wrote a paper called protecting Antiquities a role for long-term leases”
    Stephen Dubner 543. How to Return Stolen Art 2023-05-18 Listen at 29:42
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Macbeth
“He said they feel disjointed, like tearing the pages from William Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet, wherein you might take the first act and then skip to the last act before pasting the pages on the wall and declaring it Shakespeare.”
Speaker 543. How to Return Stolen Art 2023-05-18 Listen at 42:10
Passing Hamlet
“He said they feel disjointed, like tearing the pages from William Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet, wherein you might take the first act and then skip to the last act before pasting the pages on the wall and declaring it Shakespeare.”
Speaker 543. How to Return Stolen Art 2023-05-18 Listen at 42:10
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