Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Episode: Why Do People Still Hunt Whales? | Freakonomics Radio | Episode 550
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
Moby Dick
Buy on Amazon"Also, why is it still a good idea to read Moby Dick? There's a headline early in the novel that says bloody battle in Afghanistan, grand contested election for the presidency of the United States—and is a 19th-century whaling crew more ethnically diverse than your 21st-century office?"