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545. Enough with the Slippery Slopes!

Freakonomics Radio

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The Fear of Scaring People

The fear mongering has been a feature of journalism since the beginning of time. The commodification of I will find out what your anxieties are and I will feed you a thousand things that will convince you that they're coming for that is part of the business model here, he says.

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