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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2016-06-16

Books mentioned on Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast)

1 book · With Anya, Logan, Maya, Alex Frankel, Jeff Ely, Amir Kamenica, Matt Gentzkow, Jesse Shapiro, Steve Levitt, Jill Abramson, Mitchell Stephens, Dan Kahan · Listen

There are all kinds of civics-class answers to that question. But how true are they?

Jill Abramson discussed The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.

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  1. The Old Curiosity Shop

    Charles Dickens · at 29:55

    The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens is a classic serialized Victorian novel following the tragic trials of Little Nell and her grandfather as they navigate poverty and hardship in nineteenth-century England.

    Discussed
    “You know, I was just reminded of, you know, the days when Charles Dickens used to publish his novels in serial form. And there'd be people standing, Londoners standing on the docks waiting for the latest chapters of the old curiosity shop to be delivered because they were dying to know, like, is Little Nell going to be all right?”
    Jill Abramson Why Do We Really Follow the News? (Rebroadcast) 2016-06-16
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