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The Economics of Everyday Things: Girl Scout Cookies

Freakonomics Radio

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Introduction

Every year, the Girl Scouts of the United States of America sell around 200 million boxes of cookies. That works out to one box for every adult in the country and it all happens within a sales season that lasts just a couple months. Katie Francis holds the national career record for Girl Scout cookie sales. Ayla spoke with our producer Sarah Lilly about how she got her start selling cookies at age seven.

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