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541. The Case of the $4 Million Gold Coffin

Freakonomics Radio

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The History of the Met's Coffin

Stephen Dubner: If a museum like the Met could be so easily fooled in the 2020s, what kind of fooling and deceit was happening in museums in the 1920s, in the 1820s? He says that many world's great museums are essentially trophy cases to show off the fruits of colonization and empire building. After the break, we will hear from an economist who walks us through the global market for looted antiquities.

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