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15. Does Philosophy Still Matter?

The Freakonomics Radio Book Club

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Are You a Philosopher, or a Policy Person?

CNN's John Sutter asks why it is that one person gets to boss somebody else around. He says in the university setting, and you bring in tenure, you've got tenure, but it's a relatively rare relationship. It sounds to me like you would essentially like to flip this: You'd like to not take tenure from professors, some people argue should happen. Can you talk about some things that would need to happen to make that a reality?

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