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3. What Would the World Look Like if Economists Were in Charge?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Hidden Side of Everything

Americans don't like politicians and lawyers. Why do we elect so many lawyers to run the country? We'll hear from a high-end call girl and a stony in who ran his country according to the Gospel of Milton Friedman. And then what if a conist got to run the world?

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