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13. Carnival Games

The Economics of Everyday Things

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The Trophies of Life

People have lost astronomical sums of money pursuing these trophies. A man spent $2,600 his entire life savings trying to toss a softball into a bucket at a New Hampshire carnival. In the end, All At Gotem was a human-sized banana with dreadlocks.

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