Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2022-07-21
Books mentioned on Why Did You Marry That Person? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 511
Jim Shapiro discussed Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a timeless tragedy about two young lovers from feuding families whose deaths ultimately reconcile their households.
Discussed“I'll take a play and follow this line of argument and Romeo and Juliet Juliet you may recall is from the Capulet family Romeo is a Montague they are in love but their families hate each other”
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Passing Bridgerton
“he just published a paper called assortative matching at the top of the distribution evidence from the world's most exclusive marriage Market in what is the world's most exclusive marriage Market ing”