Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2020-10-15
Books mentioned on Why Are Cities (Still) So Expensive? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 435
Stephen Dubner recommended The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Little House
Recommended“once upon a time you might have read a book when you were a kid where there was a house in the country and then the house was surrounded by other houses and then eventually the house was surrounded by these tall apartment buildings and there was an elevated train in front of it and all this kind of stuff”
Where to get it
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Inside of a Dog
Recommended“Alexandra Horowitz who runs a dog cognition Lab at Barnard college is the author of a wonderful book called inside of a dog I've gotten inside of the dog and have glimpsed the dog's point of view you can do the same if you have a dog in the room with you”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Little House
“Once upon a time you might have read a book when you were a kid where there was a house in the country and then the house was surrounded by other houses and then eventually the house was surrounded by these tall apartment buildings and there was an elevated train in front of it and all this kind of stuff”