Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.
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Freakonomics co-author Stephen J. Dubner uncovers the hidden side of everything. Why is it safer to fly in an airplane than drive a car? How do we decide whom to marry? Why is the media so full of bad news? Also: things you never knew you wanted to know about wolves, bananas, pollution, search engines, and the quirks of human behavior.
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678. Who Gets to Choose a “Good Death”?
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This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Update)
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676. Has America Lost the Plot?
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The Vanishing Mr. Feynman (Update)
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The Curious Mr. Feynman (Update)
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675. Has the New York Times Become a Games Company?
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674. How Does a Composer Feel After the World Premiere?
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Was Adam Smith Really a Right-Winger? (Update)
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673. What Is Money?
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672. What Makes Judy Faulkner Run?
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Why Does Everyone Hate Rats? (Update)
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671. Why Has There Been So Little Progress on Alzheimer’s Disease?
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670. Beeconomics 101
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Ten Myths About the U.S. Tax System (Update)
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669. Why Is 95 Percent of the World’s Bourbon Made in Kentucky?
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666. This Is How Progress Happens
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665. Werner Herzog Isn’t Afraid ...
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