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America's Mata Hari? The Double Life of Esther Reed

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

The Inability to Stop and Rethink

CNN's Jarrett Bellini talks with the author about her new book, "The Secret Life of Esther" She says she was struck by how a woman makes questionable decisions early on. Talk through how it escalates to the point where anybody at all can think that she's a spy.Bellini: The real reason ends up being like much more commonplace in the sense that she wants to get away from family.

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